LAPD Officers Won’t Be Charged For Shooting Gun-Grabber Ezell Ford

By Bob Owens

Community activists are outranged that LAPD officers who shot Ezell Ford, a mentally-ill man who attempted to pull an LAPD officer’s gun in a struggle during a stop, will not be charged in his death.

LOs Angeles County prosecutors said Tuesday they will not criminally charge two Los Angeles police officers who shot and killed Ezell Ford during a clash near his South L.A. home in 2014, drawing the ire of activists who say LAPD officers are rarely held accountable when they use deadly force.

The death of Ford, a 25-year-old black man, generated controversy almost immediately, becoming a local touchstone in the ongoing criticism over how officers interact with residents in African American and Latino communities. More than two years later, local activists still describe Ford’s death as an unjust killing, continuing to chant his name along with others killed by police.

The investigation that followed Ford’s death has been closely watched by those activists, LAPD observers and many within the department. L.A. County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey has faced criticism over her handling of the case, particularly the amount of time it took for her office to reach its decision.

That decision comes more than a year …Read the Rest

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