LA protester accuses uncle, an LAPD officer, of ordering projectiles fired on him
by Sam Levin in Los Angeles from on (#5HQDV)
Asim Jamal Shakir Jr is suing the Los Angeles police department after he was injured during a George Floyd demonstration last May
A 23-year-old Los Angeles film-maker has sued the Los Angeles police department, alleging that his uncle, a Los Angeles police department officer, ordered him to be shot by projectiles during the George Floyd protests last summer.
On the evening of 29 May 2020, Asim Jamal Shakir Jr had joined the demonstrations in downtown LA and was live-streaming when police formed a skirmish line, and he spotted his uncle, Eric Anderson, among the officers, according to a complaint filed on Monday. Anderson allegedly told his nephew to go home and then later motioned for an officer to shoot a less-than-lethal" rifle at Shakir.
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