SOCECOL E8 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Los Angeles Times, Yamuna, Wrongful Death Claim
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Is this treason of the state? (los angeles times) The family of a cameroonian man fatally shot by police on skid row filed a -million claim against the city on wednesday, saying that officers initiated a struggle that ended in a cop-created killing. Charly leundeu keunang"s sister, line foming, and their parents, heleine tchayou and. Isaac keunang, accuse the city of los angeles, the los angeles, the los angeles police. Department and its officers of excessive force, assault and battery, wrongful death and constitutional violations. Law enforcement officers are trained to de-escalate situations and to only use lethal force as a last resort, the family said in the claim, a legal precursor to a civil suit. Lapd officers who killed mr. keunang violated these protocols and their reckless mistakes and misconduct resulted in this unnecessary death. I saw everybody standing up while he was on the floor, foming said in an interview.
