Attorneys for the family of the L.A. cyclist who was fatally shot by police announced findings by an independent autopsy: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-22/dijon-kizzee-shot-15-times-attorneys-independent-autopsy?asd
Attorney Carl Douglas said Dijon Kizzee sustained 15 gunshot wounds, some of which were fired when Kizzee was already on the ground: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-22/dijon-kizzee-shot-15-times-attorneys-independent-autopsy?asd
He also said the gunfire didn’t immediately kill Kizzee. “What this shows is he was alive and breathing and writhing in pain,” Douglas said.
The attorney made other claims that questioned the Sheriff’s Department’s version of events https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-22/dijon-kizzee-shot-15-times-attorneys-independent-autopsy
The attorney made other claims that questioned the Sheriff’s Department’s version of events https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-22/dijon-kizzee-shot-15-times-attorneys-independent-autopsy
At a recent news briefing, sheriff’s officials offered yet another version of events of what led up to the fatal shooting on Aug. 31 that has generated national attention: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-17/sheriff-dijon-kizzee-shooting
Kizzee's death, ending a summer of protests over racism and police violence that have swept the nation, elicited fresh waves of outrage, as well as renewed calls for law enforcement transparency https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-02/deputies-fatal-shooting-cyclist-westmont