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A grand jury indictment filed a preliminary indictment Friday los angeles An unarmed homeless man was shot and killed by a police officer in May 2015. VeniceThe Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said.
Clifford Proctor pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder Los Angeles Times Reported on Friday.
Brendan Glenn, 29, was killed during a struggle with officers outside a bar where he had fought a bouncer, and his name became a rallying cry against police shootings in Los Angeles. Glenn and Proctor are both Black,
The office of current L.A. District Attorney Nathan Hochman said in a statement that the indictment comes after previous District Attorney George Gascón re-investigated four use-of-force cases involving law enforcement officers, including Proctor’s case.
The statement said Hochman, who ousted Gascón in the November election, will review the case and decide whether to pursue prosecution.
According to the Times, Proctor’s attorney, Anthony “Tony” Garcia, questioned the timing of the charges and said prosecutors declined to charge his client in 2018.
In 2018, LA District Attorney jackie lacey He declined to press charges, saying there was not enough evidence to prove that Proctor acted unlawfully when he used deadly force.
According to police, Glenn was on his stomach and trying to lift himself up when Proctor shot him in the back. Police have said he was not trying to take the gun from Proctor or his partner when he was shot, and Proctor’s partner told investigators he did not know why the officer fired.
Proctor resigned from the Los Angeles Police Department in 2017. The city paid $4 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by Glenn’s relatives.
Proctor, 60, is still in jail. His next court date is Nov. 3.