>> A nearby witness also observed the suspect and believed the item in his hand was a gun as well.
You know that witness changed her story, right?
That wasn’t part of the story.
Witnesses in urban centers often change their stories, particularly after the BLM types talk to them or threaten them.
I’m going to bookmark this thread. The LAPD usually releases bodycam footage pretty quickly in incidents like this.
http://www.lapdonline.org/use_of_force/content_basic_view/65012
If the bodycam shows what I think it will, I will laugh at you and your histrionics.