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California: Sheriff’s Deputies Kill Black Man Shown Crawling Away

HeadlineDec 14, 2015

In California, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed an African-American man Saturday they say was armed with a gun and refused to drop it. Sheriff’s officials say Nicholas Robertson fired several shots into the air and was “behaving erratically.” Deputies opened fire, and video shows them continuing to shoot as Robertson crawls away on his stomach. In total, the two deputies fired 33 shots.

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