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Skid Row shooting update: Inside today’s police commission meeting

By AirTalk Staff
Published Mar 3, 2015
People gather at a makeshift memorial for a homeless man, known by the name of "Africa," who was shot and killed by LA police on March 2, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles police fatally shot a the man March 1, in an incident that was caught on video and circulated widely online, with the department saying officers resorted to deadly force after the man had reached for one of their guns. The graphic footage, which appeared on Facebook, shows a violent altercation between a man and several officers in LA's "Skid Row," an area near downtown where many homeless people live. bThe video appears to show the man flailing at officers as they try to subdue him. AFP PHOTO/ FREDERIC J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
People gather at a makeshift memorial for a homeless man, known by the name of "Africa," who was shot and killed by LA police on March 2, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.
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Skid Row shooting update: Inside today’s police commission meeting

Protesters rallied at the LAPD police commission meeting this morning in reaction to last weekend’s fatal shooting of a homeless man by police on Skid Row.

Read the full story here

Guests: 

Frank Stoltze, KPCC crime reporter

Steve Soboroff, President of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners