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Attorney: Black man shot by LA deputies wasn't holding a gun

by Associated Press
| September 22, 2020 5:30 PM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Black man shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies wasn't holding a gun when they opened fire, attorneys for his family said Tuesday, contradicting a claim that he had picked up a dropped weapon during a struggle.

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