A video posted online shows a group of American police officers fatally shot a homeless man.<\/p>\n
The armature video showed the police officers scuffle with a man standing on a sidewalk in Skid Row area near downtown on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The man remained on the ground while at least one of the officers opened fire.<\/p>\n
The cause of the shooting is not clear, but five gunshots can be heard in the footage.<\/p>\n
The homeless man was declared dead at a hospital shortly after the shooting, said police spokesman Sergeant Barry Montgomery.<\/p>\n
He was identified by witnesses at the scene by his street name \u201cAfrica.\u201d<\/p>\n
Witness Dennis Horne told the Los Angeles Times that when Africa refused to comply with a police order to come out of the tent, the officers used a taser on him and dragged him out. He, however, continued to struggle that led to the shooting.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s sad,\u201d the witness said. \u201cThere’s no justification to take somebody’s life.\u201d (\u2026)<\/p>\n
According to local sources, tension in the area remained high for hours after the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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