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December 14, 2015

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