LAPD Chief clears officers who used deadly force in skid row shooting

Los Angeles Po­lice Chief Charlie Beck con­cluded that po­lice of­ficers did not vi­ol­ate de­part­ment policy on us­ing deadly force when they shot and killed a home­less man in a video­taped in­cid­ent that drew wide­spread out­rage last year. The city’s Po­lice Com­mis­sion, which over­sees the de­part­ment, agreed but faul­ted one of­ficer over his tac­tics lead­ing up to the shoot­ing.