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Family of man killed by police on Skid Row files $20M claim

The family accuses the city and the Police Department of excessive force, assault and battery, wrongful death and constitutional violations

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The family of a homeless man shot and killed by Los Angeles police during a confrontation on Skid Row has filed a $20 million claim against the city.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the claim filed Wednesday by Charly Leundeu Keunang’s parents and sister says officers “initiated” the struggle that ended with the death.

The family accuses the city and the Police Department of excessive force, assault and battery, wrongful death and constitutional violations. City officials didn’t immediately comment on the claim.

Cellphone video recorded the killing of the 43-year-old Cameroon national during an arrest, and several protests followed.

Investigators say Keunang became combative, grabbed for the gun of a rookie policeman and was shot by three other officers.

The officers were placed on leave, pending the investigation.

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