Civil Rights
Jan. 23, 2007
An Inside Job
FORUM COLUMN - By Edi M.O. Faal - What's wrong with this picture: The Police Commission finds that the police officer who killed young Devin Brown acted out of policy. The city pays $1.5 million to Brown's family. Then a secret panel exonerates the officer. A noted civil rights lawyer examines the issues.
By Edi M.O. Faal
In the early hours of Feb. 6, 2005, Devin Brown, a 13-year-old African American boy from South Central Los Angeles, died a horrible death. He fell to a hail of gunfire from Los Angeles Police Officer Steven Garcia. The officer fired 10 shots at Brown; seven shots struck the schoolboy killing him almost instantly.
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