LOS ANGELES — Activists on Sunday called on Los Angeles police to publicly name the officers involved in the deadly shooting of an 18-year-old black man near his home and to conduct a quick and transparent investigation. Los Angeles police say they tried to pull over a car with paper license plates at about 1 p.m. After a short chase the driver and a passenger got out and fled. Snell was the third black man in five days to die in confrontations with police in Southern California. A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department website indicated that Snell was arrested in January and released from jail on probation in June. There were small protests over the shooting Saturday night near Snell’s home and at the residence of Mayor Eric Garcetti in the Hancock Park area.

Source: National Post October 03, 2016 02:48 UTC