Police Shooting of Unarmed Man Unjustified: Lawyer
The man's father witnessed his son getting shot on live television after a pursuit, the man's lawyer says
An attorney and the father of an unarmed disabled veteran fatally shot by police after a televised pursuit called the shooting unjustified and planned to hold a press conference in front of LAPD headquarters on Friday to call attention to the case.
Attorney Dale K. Galipo and the father of Brian Beaird are expected to talk about the shooting of 51-year-old Brian Newt Beaird. He was was shot and killed by Los Angeles Police Department officers on Friday.
"The fatal shooting of Brian was clearly unjustified, especially because Brian was unarmed at the time of the shooting and posed no immediate threat to the life of any officer or individual," Galipo wrote in a press release.
Video, he said, "clearly depicts that Brian was shot in the back when he was walking away from the officers with his hands raised.
"The circumstances of this incident are particularly egregious because Billy Beaird, who shared a markedly close relationship with his son, witnessed the fatal shooting of his son on live television."
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