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LAPD Killing's Witness Shot Before Deposition
Dec 29, 2015 By MIKE HEUER www.courthousenews.com/2015/12/29/lapd-killings-witness-shot-before-deposition.htm
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A witness who saw a Los Angeles police officer shoot a black man to death was shot to death himself days before he was to give evidence against the officer, despite promises from the highest-ranking officials in Los Angeles that they would protect him, the man's widow claims in court.
Alice Hill, the widow of Leroy Hill, sued the City and County of Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti, District Attorney Jackie Lacey, Police Chief Charlie Beck, City Councilman Curren Price and two other high-ranking police officers, on Monday in Superior Court.
Hill blames them for the wrongful death of her husband, who had stepped forward as a witness to the Aug. 11, 2014 police shooting of Ezell Ford.
Both Ford and Hill were black.
Dec 29, 2015 By MIKE HEUER www.courthousenews.com/2015/12/29/lapd-killings-witness-shot-before-deposition.htm
LOS ANGELES (CN) - A witness who saw a Los Angeles police officer shoot a black man to death was shot to death himself days before he was to give evidence against the officer, despite promises from the highest-ranking officials in Los Angeles that they would protect him, the man's widow claims in court.
Alice Hill, the widow of Leroy Hill, sued the City and County of Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti, District Attorney Jackie Lacey, Police Chief Charlie Beck, City Councilman Curren Price and two other high-ranking police officers, on Monday in Superior Court.
Hill blames them for the wrongful death of her husband, who had stepped forward as a witness to the Aug. 11, 2014 police shooting of Ezell Ford.
Both Ford and Hill were black.