A 23-year-old Los Angeles film-maker has sued the Los Angeles police department, alleging that his uncle, a Los Angeles police department officer, ordered him to be shot by projectiles during the George Floyd protests last summer. Anderson allegedly told his nephew to go home and then later motioned for an officer to shoot a “less-than-lethal” rifle at Shakir. “My own uncle … told him to shoot me!” he said on the stream as he was running away. That could’ve been you!” It is around that point that a different officer appeared to shoot Shakir with a projectile. Los Angeles police officers fire rubber bullets during a protest on 30 May 2020.

Source: The Guardian May 11, 2021 23:26 UTC