According to HipHopWired…
While mourners seek justice for the killing of unarmed Black teenager Mike Brown in Ferguson, Mo., an unarmed Black man was killed by police in Los Angeles Monday evening. Ezell Ford was allegedly shot several times in the back by LAPD officers, according to an eyewitness.
Ford, 25, and the unindentified eyewitness were in the Florence neighborhood when the LAPD stopped Ford on what they called an “investigative stop” that night. It isn’t clear from reports if the Ford and the man who named himself a cousin were driving or walking near the intersection of West 65th Street and South Broadway.
Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson has demanded a meeting with LAPD Chief Charlie Beck along with community leaders. The LAPD is said to be investigating the matter.
LAPD Shoot Unarmed Black Man was originally published on zhiphopcleveland.com
