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LOS ANGELES - Police Chief Charlie Beck on Tuesday defended an officer's shooting of a knife-wielding man whose death sparked a violent protest, with demonstrators pelting police with rocks and bottles.
Beck told the Police Commission that witness and officer accounts indicate that the officer who killed Guatemalan immigrant Manuel Jamines on Sunday acted "in immediate defense of life" and that he was warned in English and Spanish to drop the knife, the Los Angeles Times reported.See the full content of this document
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Lapd Chief Defends Fatal Shooting
The shooting prompted demonstrations Monday afternoon n...
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