A group of homeless and criminal justice activists have banned together to file a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police department for excessive force over their handling of protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
The suit, filed by the Los Angeles chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, Black Lives Matter, and the Los Angeles Community Action Network alleges that LAPD violated protesters' rights to assemble, shot a homeless man in the eye with rubber bullets, and held demonstrators for up to 12 hours for claims of violating curfews.
https://t.co/RUhgJmBn5HDTLA earlier: "completely unarmed homeless man in a wheelchair that had NOTHING to do with our protest." "They proceeded to inappropriately shoot "non-lethal" rounds directly at his face, which is against the proper procedure for firing rubber bullets." pic.twitter.com/MMdEkutgCx
— Chris Scalzo (@thescalzinator) June 5, 2020
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