Murder indictment dismissed against ex-LAPD cop in 2015 killing of unarmed homeless man
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A Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge dismissed a murder indictment Friday against a former Los Angeles police officer in the 2015 killing of an unarmed homeless man.Judge Ronald S.Coen said prosecutors failed to meet the standards for a murder charge and failed to present exculpatory evidence to the 2024 grand jury that indicted ex-LAPD cop Clifford Proctor, who shot and killed Brendon Glenn during an attempted arrest in Venice Beach in 2015.
“It cannot be said in any shape or form that the defendant had any malice,” which would be a necessary element of any murder charge, Coen said on Friday morning.California The last time a sitting Los Angeles city attorney was knocked out of office in a primary election, the Great Depression was in full swing.
The apparent defeat this week of Hydee Feldstein Soto was the result of a lack of clear messaging and a controversy-plagued term, political analysts say.Proctor nodded along as Coen spoke and enveloped his attorney, Tom Yu, in a bear hug after the ruling was finalized.Outside the courtroom, Proctor said he planned to “pick up the pieces” of his life after a decade-plus legal saga.The dismissal was granted over the objection of the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.
A spokesman for the agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Proctor, 60, was on patrol with his partner, Jonathan Kawahara, when he responded to calls about Glenn and his dog causing a disturbance in Venice Beach in May 2015.Glenn had just been thrown out of a bar and got into an argument with Proctor over the behavior of his dog, authorities have previously said.
Proctor threatened to shoot the animal.Glenn responded by hurling several racial slurs at Proctor.
Both men are Black.Glenn walked toward another bar, where he got into an argument with a bouncer who denied him entry.When the officers moved to arrest Glenn, a stru...