US EditionFormer LAPD officer charged with murder in 2015 shooting of homeless man
The indictment follows a review of use-of-force cases; the city settled a wrongful-death lawsuit for $4 million, officials said.
- On Friday, a grand jury unsealed an indictment charging Clifford Proctor, former Los Angeles Police Department officer, in the May 2015 Venice shooting of Brendan Glenn, 29, unarmed homeless man.
- George Gascón, former Los Angeles District Attorney, reexamined four use-of-force cases including Proctor's, after then-LA District Attorney Jackie Lacey declined charges in 2018 citing insufficient evidence.
- Police accounts say Brendan Glenn was on his stomach when Proctor shot him in the back, investigators say Glenn was not grabbing a gun, and the city of Los Angeles paid $4 million to settle the wrongful-death suit.
- Clifford Proctor pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman will review the case, and Proctor resigned from LAPD in 2017.
- The case has shaped Los Angeles debate over police force, with Brendan Glenn's death rallying calls for accountability and both men identified as Black.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A grand jury indictment was unsealed Friday charging a former Los Angeles police officer in the May 2015 shooting death of an unarmed homeless man in Venice, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office said. Clifford Proctor pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. Brendan Glenn, 29, was killed during a struggle with officers outside a bar where he had fought with a bouncer,…
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