I can confirm that an unarmed homeless person was shot and killed by police in front of my apartment building about 10 years ago.
He had autism and had run away from his family. He was sleeping under someone’s balcony, police came to remove him, ended up killing him.
This was in Hollywood. Los Angeles, off Sunset Blvd.
Edit: I believe this [0] is the case. Looks like those officers sued for being put on desk duty afterward and initially were rewarded $4M. That’s after the police settled with the mother of the man killed for less than $1M.
A caretaker, and the escaped autistic man he was trying to bring back with him to their facility, was confronted by a police officer. The caretaker, immediately realizing the danger of interacting with an American police officer, lays on the ground, puts his hands in the air, and then repeatedly states the man infront of him was 'autistic' and 'holding a toy train'.
While the caretaker was lying on the ground, on his back, with his hands in the air, the cop fires 3 rounds at the pair, striking the caretaker in the leg.
The caretaker, understandably confused and upset, asks "why did you shoot me?". The officer's response, "I don't know."
In all of these cases, the person shot was completely and obviously innocent of any sort of crime. The standard penalty for this type of officer behavior is: paid vacation, perhaps firing the officer if the murder is especially egregious.
He had autism and had run away from his family. He was sleeping under someone’s balcony, police came to remove him, ended up killing him.
This was in Hollywood. Los Angeles, off Sunset Blvd.
Edit: I believe this [0] is the case. Looks like those officers sued for being put on desk duty afterward and initially were rewarded $4M. That’s after the police settled with the mother of the man killed for less than $1M.
0 - http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-verdict-lapd-ove...