*LOS ANGELES, Calif. –– Nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump, co-counsels Dale Galipo and Carl Douglas, and the family of Dijon Kizzee will hold a virtual news conference on Sept. 2 at 4 pm ET.
Dijon Kizzee was killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s officers after he was stopped for bicycle riding code violations. He was shot over 20 times in the back by police who then left his lifeless body, handcuffed, for hours.
WHO:
Attorney Ben Crump
Attorney Dale Galipo
Attorney Carl Douglas
Fletcher Fair, aunt of Dijon Kizzee
WHEN:
September 2, 2020, at 4 pm ET
WHERE:
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_R5L4JOXmSMClYnmPB4knXA
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Here’s more about the shooting via CBS News:
Protesters marched on Tuesday for the second day in a row from the scene where a Black man was fatally shot by deputies to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office, demanding answers over the latest deadly encounter between police and a Black American. The sheriff’s office has said Dijon Kizzee was stopped for riding his bicycle in violation of vehicle codes, tried to run away, and was then shot after dropping a bundle of items that included a handgun.
But with no body cameras in use by the deputies and no cell phone video yet to surface, activists say the public is being asked to take the sheriff’s department’s account of the incident at face value, and given the recent spate of fatal police encounters with Black men, protesters are once again claiming injustice.
The two deputies involved in the fatal shooting have been removed from active field duty pending an investigation, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday.
ABOUT BEN CRUMP LAW
Through his work, nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has spearheaded a legal movement to better protect the rights of marginalized citizens. He has led landscape-changing civil rights cases and represented clients in a wide range of areas including civil rights, personal injury, labor and employment, class actions, and more. Ben Crump Law is dedicated to holding the powerful accountable. For more information, visit www.bencrump.com.
ABOUT DALE K. GALIPO LAW
Dale K. Galipo is a Southern California civil rights attorney also specializing in police excessive force cases. He has teamed up with Attorney Crump on civil rights cases before.