The Los Angeles Police Commission decided Tuesday that officers did not violate deadly force policies when they fatally shot a homeless man on skid row last year but did fault another officer in a fatal shooting days later following a car chase into Burbank.
Homeless rights advocates and other activists reacted angrily to the commission’s decision to find the use of deadly force in the March 1 killing of Charly Leundeu Keunang within policy. The shooting captured international attention after a bystander posted video of the incident on Facebook.
The March 5 death of Sergio Navas was publicly overshadowed by the skid row killing but quickly raised concerns within the LAPD. Navas, a 35-year-old father of three, was unarmed when he was shot following a pursuit that ended in Burbank.
The shooting of Keunang, 43, came during heightened scrutiny of police shootings across the country, particularly those of black men.
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