I'm seeing reports on Facebook that the LA police have shot and killed an unarmed protester.

[Blue_In_AK]

Does anyone know if this is true?

[bravenak]

1. Here you go.

I see a pic of a swiss army knife.
http://rt.com/usa/212011-hollywood-man-killed-police/

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Thanks.

So apparently not a protester, just someone with a Swiss Army knife that may or may not have been brandished. Whatever happened to tasers or nonlethal force? I think the cops are becoming more cowardly by the day.

Are you going downtown tomorrow for the rally?

[bravenak]

5. Where is it?

I live close to downtown so I think I can swing it.

Yeah, cops have gotten too scared to act rationally. Time to stop killing people.

[marym625]

7. Hollywood and Highland

[bravenak]

9. I used to take the 217 bus over there.

Memories... Worked over on Vine.

I was asking about the protest here. I was hoping to show up.

[Blue_In_AK]

11. Yes, it looked like he died on top of a star.

You would think the police would be a little more circumspect about using deadly force with tensions running high like they are.

[Blue_In_AK]

8. NAACP, 325 East Third, 2:00 p.m.

http://www.adn.com/article/20141205/naacp-anchorage-youth-council-plans-black-lives-matter-rally-saturday


I'm going to try to make it down there with my camera while my husband is watching college football.

[bravenak]

10. Awesome!

I'll try to make it. Thanks.

[helpmetohelpyou]

3. what

One woman said a man ran into a McDonald's shouting that police shot his friend, who sometimes "liked to wave a knife to scare tourists," NBC Los Angeles reports

[Blue_In_AK]

4. So they shot another mentally ill man.

Fuck.

[helpmetohelpyou]

6. That's what it sounds like to me

[Recursion]

12. Not a protester AFAIK, a dude with a swiss army knife or leatherman (nt)

[Blue_In_AK]

13. There seemed to be some confusion in the FB reports.

Still not ok to kill the guy. As I said above, whatever happened to tasers, or something less lethal than plugging a guy multiple times? If they must shoot, why not in the kneecap or something?

[bvf]

14. Because paperwork's a bitch.

Plugging a guy probably reduces bureaucratic stress compared to bothersome police brutality hearings with a live victim to testify at.

[Downwinder]

16. Dead men don't testify.