A black man was shot 15 times and killed. He was pulled over for riding his bike the wrong way!

[Maraya1969]

Attorneys say independent autopsy shows Dijon Kizzee was shot 15 times

Attorneys representing the family of Dijon Kizzee said the 29-year-old man sustained 15 gunshot wounds and disputed the Sheriff’s Department’s assertion that he pointed a gun at deputies before he was shot in South L.A. last month.

At a news conference Tuesday, attorney Carl Douglas said deputies fired some of the shots when Kizzee was already on the ground, and that the gunfire didn’t immediately kill him. He said those findings came from an independent autopsy commissioned by the family and displayed a body diagram showing the entry point of each wound.

“What this shows is he was alive and breathing and writhing in pain when the officers continued to stay away,” Douglas said, suggesting that deputies did not render aid during those critical moments as Kizzee bled to death on Aug. 31. Kizzee’s family members stood by, wearing black face masks that said, “Justice for Dijon Kizzee.”

The shooting occurred in the 1200 block of West 109th Place in the Westmont neighborhood after the deputies alleged that Kizzee was riding his bicycle in violation of vehicle codes. The Times has identified the two deputies as a trainee and his supervisor.

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It seems like a discrepancy whether or not he had a gun.

These cops need to be charged with murder!

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-22/dijon-kizzee-shot-15-times-attorneys-independent-autopsy?asd

[uponit7771]

1. Where are the body cams ?! PD's that wont enforce body cams get defunded PERIOD. ENOUGH of this shit

[noneof_theabove]

4. wrong

defunding does not to help the problem.

Withhold the Chief, Assistant Chief, and Mayor salaries until they comply.

[reACTIONary]

8. Good point. Punish the ones who are responsible. nt

[lostnfound]

18. Not the mayor. In some cities the mayor is hostage to police union.

Police in Chicago are letting or encouraging crime these days because they are pissed off at BLM and don’t like the mayor. Almost open mutiny.

We don’t need to weaken the mayors..

[live love laugh]

22. 💯💯💯

[Duppers]

2. ...

😡😡😡

Evil assholes!!

[DFW]

3. Shot fifteen times

That's not self-defense. That's target practice.

Indict the killers.

[marble falls]

9. Much worse: intentional murder.

[FBaggins]

5. No question on whether he had a gun

And it was a gun that was not legal in the state (15 rounds) and not legal for him to possess (both felony record and an active restraining order)

The question was whether his actions rose to the level necessitating deadly force (maybe) and whether the continued use (18 shots?) when he was down and no longer a threat was justified (can’t see how). Also whether there were ways for officers to handle it that would not have escalated to the point of conflict in the first place (almost certainly)

[llashram]

10. oh, you were there??

[FBaggins]

15. Why would I need to be?

The video is consistent with that part of the story... and the gun in evidence couldn't have been planted afterward because investigators found photos on his phone of him with the gun (including an identifiable serial number apparently).

Just as persuasive - nobody disputes that he had the gun. An eyewitness said his hands were empty when he was shot and the family attorney disputes claims that he had picked it up or was reaching for it when shot... but they don't dispute that he had a gun.

[llashram]

16. so it was murder

period.

[FBaggins]

17. Could be

Murder would involve the previous intent to kill him. That's tough to say. The shooting appears justified right up until the first couple shots are fired. BUT the description includes the officers firing three groups of shots:

Doorbell cameras had captured the sound of 19 shots being fired – a burst of four or five, a pause, a barrage of a dozen more shots, and then a final few deliberate ones

The first handful could be justified. The "barrage of a dozen" after the gun is now out of his hands and down the sidewalk is at least excessive force. The third "few deliberate ones" must be after he's down and clearly no longer a threat. I can't see an explanation for that. If there's reason to believe that he would have survived the first few shots (not sure whether that could be established or not), that could be murder.

But no question that he had a gun. No question that he should have been arrested and locked up. Just the simple point that this doesn't justify his death.

[Evolve Dammit]

6. more militarized police murder. For. riding. a. bike. the. wrong. way. JFC.

[SallyHemmings]

7. Why were the police involved in the first place?

Yet another matter where the police shouldn't be involved.

These cops are cowboys with guns. Murder is the appropriate charge.

[Maraya1969]

21. My thought exactly. Why the hell did the police feel the need to stop someone who was on a damn

bicycle?

[Captain Zero]

25. I see people riding a bike all crazy ways all the time.

Unless they are seen to cause an actual accident, why wouldn't the police have more important things to do than accost them?

[Snake Plissken]

11. The bottom line is ... If he didn't have a gun he would be alive right now.

And these cops will probably not face any consequences for killing him for that reason.


What there any reason to pull him over other than he was Black? ... No.

If he was White, would he be alive right now? ... Of course, because the police would have never pulled him over.


But knowing that won't bring him back.

[ecstatic]

14. He probably didn't have a gun. nt

[live love laugh]

23. The bottom line is if he was white he would be alive gun or not. nt

[Withywindle]

24. There is no guarantee whatsoever he'd be alive right now if he didn't have gun

Police shoot unarmed Black people All.The.Damn.Time.

(And occasionally unarmed white people, like that 13-year-old autistic boy in Utah, but still the pattern holds)

Meanwhile, Dylann Roof and Kyle Rittenhouse definitely had guns and definitely shot people, and the police seem to have managed to take them in alive. Huh, wonder what's different about them? What about all those white neo-nazi guys wandering around the protests with assault weapons proudly displayed? Wonder why the cops don't feel compelled to shoot THEM?

This sounds like victim blaming.

[Withywindle]

26. I'm so sick of this "he was no angel" bullshit.

Cops aren't allowed to summarily execute GUILTY people either.

So what if he was riding his bicycle the wrong way and had an unlicensed gun? Neither of those things are death-penalty crimes. The whole reason we have a justice system is so that people can be arrested, tried, and sentenced by a jury of their peers in a court of law. Cops who kill a non-violent defendant rather than bringing them in have failed at their jobs. Period. And we KNOW that they are much more eager to do so, unrepentantly, and even brag and laugh about it later when their murder victims (YES I SAID MURDER VICTIMS) are Black.

[Snake Plissken]

28. I'm so sick of people ignoring how many people every year are killed by illegal firearms

I'm so sick of people acting as if carrying illegal firearms is no big deal

The bottom line is if he didn't have a gun he would be alive right now.

I'm not defending the police, nor am I evening trying to, but there is no way you will convince me that someone carrying an illegal firearm is a good person anymore than you will convince me that Kyle Rittenhouse is a good person.

I'm not gonna feel sorry for someone walking the streets with illegal firearms ... not a chance.

[radius777]

30. Even serial killers don't get the death penalty in CA.

Merely having an illegal gun does not give them the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner.

And he could've been fearful of the cops knowing they hunt men of color, and been acting in self defense.

[radius777]

29. Kyle Rittenhouse is still alive. /nt

[live love laugh]

31. Dupe deleted

[ecstatic]

12. Cops kill first and fake a weapon concern later. Rinse, repeat.

It's sickening that they continue to get away with it.

[Withywindle]

27. And you know the same people are all up in the NRA

Owning guns is fine for white people.

[dalton99a]

13. Kick

[Stuart G]

19. Question: LA Police Department..? or Sheriff's Dept of County?

[Blue Owl]

20. K&R for exposure