A federal judge has released body cam footage in which Los Angeles Police Department officers are seen arresting a Black man while searching for a suspect that turned out to be white.
According to ABC 7, the video was unsealed this week as part of a lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles. The plaintiff, 42-year-old Antone Austin, says he was unlawfully arrested by the LAPD, and has accused the involved officers of racial profiling and violating his civil rights.
The incident reportedly took place on May 24, 2019, when Austin was confronted by police as he was taking out his trash. The authorities were reportedly responding to a domestic disturbance call from Austin’s neighbor, who claimed her white ex-boyfriend was violating a restraining order. Though the caller reportedly didn’t provide a description of the suspect during her call, officers immediately restrained Austin’s without any questions.
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By Ed Williams and Wufei Yu, Searchlight New Mexico |
December 23, 2020
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Richard Yue, one of the workers in Bryan Peng s New Mexico workforce, setting up greenhouses at the Big Buddha Farms in Oklahoma
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. Irving Lin, a jovial entrepreneur in his late 60’s, wanted to share a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a near-miraculous way out of the economic devastation wrought on Southern California’s Chinese communities by the pandemic: the gift of marijuana.
“We are making a fortune in Oklahoma, and you can too,” Lin, speaking in Mandarin, told a crowd of 30 potential investors gathered for a PowerPoint presentation at a Chinese cultural center on Dec. 5. The return on investment is as high as 1,200 percent, Lin explained eagerly. Finance one greenhouse, and you’ll walk away with $300,000. Three greenhouses will make you a millionaire.