Black man was shot and killed by Los Angeles police

A black man was shot and killed Monday in Los Angeles by police, who say the victim had a gun that he threw down during an operation in which officers tried to arrest the man. The protests were immediate, in a general climate of tension and distrust towards the forces of order, after several cases of police violence against African Americans.

Since “about thirty years”, the man – identified by the Black Lives Matter Los Angeles movement as Dijon Kizzee – riding a bike Monday afternoon when police officers tried to arrest him for a traffic violationSaid Lt. Brandon Dean of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office at a news conference.

According to the authorities, the man “escaped” leaving his bicycle behind and, when the police managed to arrest him, he attacked one of them in the face. At that moment, he dropped several pieces of clothing he was wearing.

“Officers noticed that along with the pile of clothes was a black semiautomatic pistol,” Dean added.

That was the moment when the officers fired. The man, shot by several bullets, was killed on the spot.

Authorities did not specify whether the man was looking for the weapon when he was shot. Lieutenant Dean said an investigation was opened into the case and did not confirm the number of shots fired. He simply said that it is “inaccurate” that there have been more than 20, as mentioned in the United States.