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Friday, July 24, 2015

Homeless woman could face life term for picking up LAPD nightstick

LOS ANGELES — Millions of people viewed video of the fatal police shooting March 1 of an unarmed black man known as "Africa" outside his Los Angeles skid row tent.

Police said the man, Cameroonian immigrant Charly Keunang, grabbed an officer's holstered gun when they tried to take him into custody on suspicion of robbery. The shooting stoked long-simmering tensions and anger among skid row inhabitants and advocates who accuse Los Angeles police of being too quick to resort to heavy-handed, violent tactics.

Lost in the debate was a second actor in the confrontation: A thin black woman who stepped into the frame and picked up a nightstick one of the officers dropped during the fierce struggle with Keunang.

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