A group of civil rights leaders, who are mostly African American, have stepped up to do the right thing after it appears police shot an unarmed white man dead.
The 51 year old homeless white man, named William Bowers, was apparently shot immediately after he dismounted a bike in Castaic. Police were apparently pursuing him because he was recognised from previous altercations and he was on probation for a narcotic violation.
The LAWeekly reported
“We can’t only be advocates when black people are killed by police unjustly,” says Najee Ali, founder of Project Islamic Hope.
Ali is organizing a coalition of civil rights groups, including Project Islamic Hope, the National Action Network and the L.A. Urban Policy Roundtable, which will call on state Attorney General Kamala Harris to launch an investigation of Tuesday’s shooting.
“They shot this homeless man for nothing,” Ali said of how witnesses have described the shooting.
“He was unarmed and they killed him. I found out he was white later on. It doesn’t matter to me.”
Counter Current News (http://bit.ly/2dslYe) reported that:
Ali is organizing a coalition of civil rights groups, including Project Islamic Hope, the National Action Network and the L.A. Urban Policy Roundtable, which will call on state Attorney General Kamala Harris to launch an investigation of the shooting.
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