After being gunned downed by LAPD a week ago, many questions surrounding the shooting death of Ezell Ford still remain unanswered, and will continue to be at the behest of the police department.
A week ago, the unarmed 25 year-old was gunned down by police after an investigative episode turned ugly in South Los Angeles. Officers say that reports of the autopsy will not be released until the investigation is further along -a move meant to protect witnesses’ testimony from being “tainted,” LAPD’s Andrew Smith told KPCC.
Smith claims that the department wants “clean interviews” from witnesses and that he is afraid that releasing too much information on the autopsy could encourage witnesses to “use information from the autopsy to give credibility to their story.”
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Activists have crowded the streets in support of Ezell Ford and are enraged by the blocking of his autopsy. Ezell Ford suffered from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression when he was shot three times and according to witnesses, complying with police’s orders.
Local demonstrators demanded answers, forcing LAPD to complete a full investigation and be transparent with their findings. An officer claimed Ford was “aggressive” when being questioned and that he reached for his gun.
Ezell Ford is one of four unarmed Black men gunned down by police in the matter of weeks- two days after the killing of Michael Brown.