KIZZEE KTLA FIVE'S WENDY BURCH
LIVE IN DOWNTOWN LA WHERE A
PROTEST IS NOW UNDERWAY,
WENDY.
ATLANTA AND IN LIGHT OF
THAT SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE
ON MONDAY THE KIDS THE FAMILY
NOW HAS A DREAM TEAM OF
LAWYERS MORE ON THEM IN A
MOMENT, BUT FIRST LET'S SET
THE SCENE WERE WRITING FOR THE
HALL OF JUSTICE ON SPRING
STREET SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES HAVE
SHUT THIS STREET DOWN RIGHT
NOW FOR THE WEEKLY BLACK LIVES
MATTER PROTEST SCHEDULED START
RIGHT AROUND 3 O'CLOCK THEY'RE
JUST BEGINNING EVEN AS WE
SPEAK.
THIS PROTEST IS EXPECTED TO
GROW IN NUMBERS THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING UNTIL 07:00PM THIS
EVENING WHEN IT'S EXPECTED TO
BE OVER. THIS HAS BEEN A
WEEKLY OCCURRENCE BUT THIS
WEEK THIS SORT OF BLACK LIVES
MATTER MOVEMENT AND PROTESTS
HAS AN EVEN GREATER
SIGNIFICANCE IN THE WAKE OF
THE SHOOTING DEATH OF DIJON
KIZZEE WHICH TOOK PLACE ON
MONDAY AFTERNOON NOW WE HAVE
SOME SURVEILLANCE VIDEO THAT'S
BEEN OBTAINED BY KTLA NEWS
THAT WE WILL SHOW YOU.
IT IS OF A RING CAMERA FROM
A NEIGHBOR WHO WITNESSED THE
SHOOTING TAKE PLACE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AROUND 3.30. THIS IS
RIGHT OFF OF A 109TH STREET IN
SOUTH LOS ANGELES. ACCORDING
TO INVESTIGATORS DEPUTY SAUDIS
ON KEASEY WHO IS 29 YEARS OF
AGE FROM LANCASTER, BUT
FREQUENTED THAT SOUTH LOS
ANGELES NEIGHBORHOOD QUITE
OFTEN BECAUSE HIS FAMILY LIVED
THERE. THEY SAY THAT HE DOING
SOME SORT OF A VEHICLE
VIOLATION HE WAS ON A BICYCLE
AT THE TIME. A SHORT PURSUIT
ENSUED HE WOULD AS WE
UNDERSTAND HIS HE GOT OFF THE
BIKE BEGAN RUNNING THERE WAS
AN ALTERCATION WITH DEPUTIES
WHERE KIDS HE ACTUALLY PUNCHED
A DEPUTY IN THE FACE AT THAT
TIME HE DROPPED A PILE OF
CLOTHES THAT HE WAS HOLDING
AND THAT'S WHEN DEPUTIES SAY
THEY SAW A HANDGUN, THEY SAY
THE KIDS HE REACHED FOR THE
HANDGUN AND THAT IS WHEN THEY
OPENED FIRE AS WE UNDERSTAND
AND FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON
THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO BECAUSE
HE WAS SHOT AS MANY AS 12
TIMES SOME PEOPLE SAYING HE
WAS SHOT AS MANY AS 20 TIMES.
HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE
SCENE IN THE DAYS THAT
FOLLOWED THERE HAVE BEEN
PUBLIC OUTCRY AND PUBLIC
PROTESTS AND NOW THE FAMILY
HAS RETAINED WHAT THEY SAY IT
IS A DREAM TEAM IF CIVIL
RIGHTS LAWYERS, INCLUDING BEN
CRUMP BEN CRUMP IS ALSO THE
ATTORNEY KNOWN FROM
TALLAHASSEE FLORIDA. HE IS
CURRENTLY REPRESENTING THE
BLAKE FAMILY. JACOB BLAKE'S
FAMILY OUT OF WISCONSIN. AND
THEN YOU HAVE CARL DOUGLAS CAR
DOUGLAS IS A FIXTURE HERE IN
LOS ANGELES, HE WAS A MEMBER
OF THE OJ SIMPSON DREAM TEAM
AND ALSO YOU HAVE THE LIPO
DOUG LEIBOWITZ CIVIL RIGHTS
ACTIVIST ATTORNEY OUT OF
WOODLAND HILLS THESE 3
TOGETHER SAID THEY WILL
VIGOROUSLY DEFEND. THE FAMILY
OF DIJON ALL THE WAY THROUGH
BOTH CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES.
THERE'S JOHN KIDS II DID
NOT DESERVE TO BE EXECUTED
LIKE THIS IN COLD BLOOD.
IT CALLS OUT FOR THERE
BEING SWEEPING REFORMS IN THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
BASED ON THE VIDEO ALONE
THE SHOOTING IS OBVIOUSLY
EXCESSIVE REMEMBER THERE'S 2
PARTS TO BE EXCESSIVE. WHETHER
THEY SHOULD A SHOT AT ALL AND
I WOULD SAY UNDER THE
CIRCUMSTANCES THEY SHOULD NOT
AT ALL. BUT THE SECOND PART IS
HOW MANY JOBS. THEY'RE
RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY SHOT.
THE DEPUTIES INVOLVED IN
THE SHOOTING HAVE BEEN PLACED
ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE IN AT
THE TIME THEY WERE NOT WEARING
ANY SORT OF BODY CAMERAS BODY
CAMERAS ARE NOT REQUIRED AS A
PART OF THE UNIFORM. LOS
ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT. WE'LL KEEP YOU
UPDATED. BUT RIGHT NOW THAT IS
VERY LATEST FROM DOWNTOWN LOS
ANGELES. I'M WENDY BURCH AND
OFTEN ABOUT TO.
