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Found this over at a closed group I'm on at FB - talk with owner a lot. Dirtykid Couchsurfing coalition btw. Some of their members knew this kid. Guess he was outside a bar and "was causing a disturbance" - so owner called LAPD - resisted arrest(?) and - unarmed man shot. He was known as "Drizzle" or "Dizzle" Just think it's hugely sad.
Tossed up about posting this in our obit section or here or both. So here goes. Anyone here run into him?
This is Brenden aka Drizzle. This pic is from FB Dirtykids Couchsurfing Coalition closed group.
Vid at link is from news report that includes eye witness testimony on a good part of him and how the good part of that whole thing went down.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/...n=naytev&utm_content=554b7c14e4b099665fcffd92
Los Angeles Police Killing Of Homeless Man Leaves Chief "concerned"
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said Wednesday he has yet to see evidence that would justify one of his officers fatally shooting an unarmed homeless man near Venice Beach.
Beck cautioned that his department's investigation was just underway but told reporters he was "very concerned" by the Tuesday night shooting that occurred as an officer struggled with the man on a block lined with bars and restaurants.
"Any time an unarmed person is shot by a Los Angeles police officer, it takes extraordinary circumstances to justify that, and I have not seen those extraordinary circumstances at this point," Beck said.
Department investigators have not interviewed the officer because he is on medication to treat a knee he hurt during the struggle.
The officers were not wearing body cameras, but police have surveillance footage from nearby stores that shows the events, Beck said.
The confrontation began late at night when two officers responded to a 911 call saying the man, believed to be in his 20s, had been arguing with a bouncer who would not let him into a bar and was hassling passersby, police said.
The officers spoke to the man, who began walking away but then came back and began struggling with someone on the sidewalk, according to a police news release.
The officers tried to detain the man, who was shot during the struggle, police said.
The man died at a hospital. No weapon was recovered at the scene, police spokeswoman Liliana Preciado said.
On Wednesday, a small crowd of people shouted at police at the scene. Beck later noted that the officer and the homeless man were black. He said the department will hold a meeting in the neighborhood Thursday.
The department was criticized after an officer fatally shot a homeless man in March on Skid Row, near downtown.
Neither police nor the coroner's office had confirmed the dead man's identity, though Preciado said a 911 caller and several witnesses identified him as one of the Venice area's many transients.
Tossed up about posting this in our obit section or here or both. So here goes. Anyone here run into him?
This is Brenden aka Drizzle. This pic is from FB Dirtykids Couchsurfing Coalition closed group.
Vid at link is from news report that includes eye witness testimony on a good part of him and how the good part of that whole thing went down.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/...n=naytev&utm_content=554b7c14e4b099665fcffd92
Los Angeles Police Killing Of Homeless Man Leaves Chief "concerned"
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said Wednesday he has yet to see evidence that would justify one of his officers fatally shooting an unarmed homeless man near Venice Beach.
Beck cautioned that his department's investigation was just underway but told reporters he was "very concerned" by the Tuesday night shooting that occurred as an officer struggled with the man on a block lined with bars and restaurants.
"Any time an unarmed person is shot by a Los Angeles police officer, it takes extraordinary circumstances to justify that, and I have not seen those extraordinary circumstances at this point," Beck said.
Department investigators have not interviewed the officer because he is on medication to treat a knee he hurt during the struggle.
The officers were not wearing body cameras, but police have surveillance footage from nearby stores that shows the events, Beck said.
The confrontation began late at night when two officers responded to a 911 call saying the man, believed to be in his 20s, had been arguing with a bouncer who would not let him into a bar and was hassling passersby, police said.
The officers spoke to the man, who began walking away but then came back and began struggling with someone on the sidewalk, according to a police news release.
The officers tried to detain the man, who was shot during the struggle, police said.
The man died at a hospital. No weapon was recovered at the scene, police spokeswoman Liliana Preciado said.
On Wednesday, a small crowd of people shouted at police at the scene. Beck later noted that the officer and the homeless man were black. He said the department will hold a meeting in the neighborhood Thursday.
The department was criticized after an officer fatally shot a homeless man in March on Skid Row, near downtown.
Neither police nor the coroner's office had confirmed the dead man's identity, though Preciado said a 911 caller and several witnesses identified him as one of the Venice area's many transients.
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