Dijon Kizie, 29, rode a bicycle when police tried to arrest him for a traffic violation, the sheriff’s department said in a statement.
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Kizy ran away, then punched the policeman in the face, while the man lost the bundle of clothes he had with him.
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“The sheriff’s deputies noticed that the clothes he was throwing had a black semi-automatic pistol, and at that moment there was a shooting involving the sheriff’s deputies,”
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Lieutenant Brandon Dean of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told reporters.
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Shortly after the confrontation, more than 100 people gathered at the scene to ask for answers.
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A small group gathered at the scene again on Tuesday night and went on a peaceful demonstration to the nearby sheriff’s station. A police helicopter was circling in the sky.
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Protesters carried a poster “Stop the murderers of police officers”.
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The United States has witnessed widespread protests against racism and police brutality in recent months, following the death of African American George Floid in Minneapolis on May 25 during police arrests. In many places, alongside the protests, unprecedented riots, riots, robberies of shops and burning of buildings took place in the United States.
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