LAPD Video of Fatal Shooting of 14-Year-Old Raises Fresh Questions on Police Tactics

Posted on AllSides December 29th, 2021
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A man was threatening people inside a Burlington clothing store in North Hollywood last week. He even beat up several women, including at least one pretty severely, with a bicycle lock. When officers arrived with their weapons drawn, it only took a few moments before at least one officer opened fire and 24-year-old Daniel Elena-Lopez was killed. He wasn’t the only one who was killed in the store that day. Valentina Orellana-Peralta, a 14-year-old who was trying on clothes in a nearby dressing room, died in her mother’s arms after she was...

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