LAPD videos show violent clashes with protesters in Fairfax district in May
LA TimesThis footage has been edited by the Los Angeles Police Department. The new footage also shows multiple exchanges between Bradley Steyn, a famed anti-Apartheid activist and former spy for Nelson Mandela’s party who now lives outside L.A., and officers on the skirmish line. His attorney, Lisa Bloom, said in a statement that, while there is no dispute that an officer ruptured Steyn’s testicle, there are serious questions raised by the department’s decision to release “a slickly produced and highly edited video showing only a portion of the incident, at odd angles, with the camera suspiciously blocked during key moments.” She said police threats to criminally prosecute Steyn were “obvious retaliation” for his internal affairs complaint and pending lawsuit. Asked specifically about Steyn appearing to kick the officer, Bloom said, “It’s obvious even from the edited video that the police officer struck a peaceful unarmed Black man walking by, simply talking on the phone, just before this incident. Many protesters, in addition to Mr. Steyn, reacted to that act of police brutality.” The video marks the second release of body-camera footage from the protests in the Fairfax district on May 30.
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