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Officials: L.A. deputies shoot, kill Black man who dropped gun

By STEFANIE DAZIO sheriff's official, wasn't hold-
Associated Press ing a weapon.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "If he reached down to grab
Los Angeles County sheriff's it, that's different," Givens
deputies shot and killed Di- told the Times. "But if it's on
jon Kizzee after they stopped the ground, why shoot? That
the Black man on his bicycle means he was unarmed."
for a traffic violation and he Police say the handgun was
ran from them, punched one recovered and no deputies
and then dropped a bundle were injured. TV news he-
that included a gun, authori- licopters showed a gun near
ties and relatives said. the body.
The shooting death Monday Dean, in a Monday afternoon
afternoon comes on the heels news conference, said inves-
of a police shooting in Keno- tigators had not yet inter-
sha, Wisconsin, that left Ja- viewed witnesses or reviewed
cob Blake, who is also Black, any surveillance or cellphone
paralyzed and spurred days of video.
protests, reinvigorating the "Give us time to conduct our
national debate on racial in- investigation," he said. "We
justice and policing. will get all of the facts of this
Kizzee's family and friends case and eventually present
created a small memorial to them."
the 29-year-old at the shoot- The Sheriff's Department
ing scene in the South Los said multiple agencies are in-
Angeles area on Tuesday, Protesters clash with deputies of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department during protests following the vestigating.
leaving flowers, balloons and death of Dijon Kizzee on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, in Los Angeles, Calif. Fair described her nephew as
candles just feet away from Associated Press "a mother's child," saying he
first responders' discarded took care of his mother after
blue medical gloves and many friends and expressed ten warned his nephew that, bicycle in violation of vehicle a car crash until her death in
rolled bandages. More than anger at the shooting. "You as a Black man, he had to be codes, he dropped his bike 2011 from a heart attack. Af-
100 protesters had marched guys take care of dogs, you especially careful. "'You have and ran. When they caught ter that, he took care of his
in the area the night before, don't take care of us," Kizzee's a target on your back, just by up to him he punched one of younger brother, Sean Jones,
some chanting "Say his name" aunt Fletcher Fair said, ad- being you,'" Johnson remem- them in the face and dropped who is 18 and just graduated
and "No justice, no peace," dressing the sheriff's depart- bered saying as recently as a a bundle of clothes he was from high school.
the Los Angeles Times re- ment. "He was a sweet and few weeks ago. "He was like, carrying. The deputies spot- Fair lives near where Kizzee
ported. loving young man. He had 'yeah, all right, uncle,' like he ted a handgun in the bundle was killed and couldn't be-
The sheriff's department has his whole life ahead of him always says." and opened fire. lieve the circumstances sur-
not released Kizzee's name, and it was cut short by rogue Sheriff's Lt. Brandon Dean "He was in possession of a rounding the death of her
but two relatives confirmed sheriffs." told the Los Angeles Times firearm and did assault a dep- nephew.
his identity. Kizzee's uncle Anthony that investigators had not yet uty," Dean said. "How do you get a violation
In interviews Tuesday with Johnson, 33, recalled that interviewed the two deputies Neighborhood resident Ar- on a bicycle?" she asked. "I
The Associated Press, rela- the two grew up together involved, but he gave this ac- lander Givens, 68, ques- stayed here until they picked
tives remembered Kizzee as and were as close as broth- count: When deputies tried tioned why deputies fired at his body up. I didn't want to
an energetic young man with ers. Johnson said he had of- to stop the man for riding his a man who, according to the leave."q

Barr tightens rules on surveillance of political candidates

By ERIC TUCKER 2016 campaign. Barr is acting and omissions in surveillance
Associated Press on an issue that has provoked applications targeting a for-
WASHINGTON (AP) — loud concerns from Trump’s mer Trump aide during the
The Justice Department an- allies, who have seized on er- Russia probe.
nounced new restrictions rors in the surveillance pro- One new restriction out-
Tuesday on how it conducts cess to attack the underpin- lined Tuesday would require
any secret national security nings of the Russia probe the FBI to consider briefing
surveillance of candidates for even as reports from the Jus- a federal candidate or staffer
federal office or their staff tice Department’s watchdog that the person is possibly
members and advisers. and the Senate intelligence being targeted by a foreign
The restrictions, announced committee have laid out ex- power before applying for a
by Attorney General William tensive contacts between warrant from the court. No
Barr in a pair of memos, are Russia and Trump associates application for a candidate
part of broader changes to the during the 2016 presidential or staffer may be submit-
FBI’s surveillance procedures contest. ted unless the FBI director
implemented in response to The policy changes con- has decided that a defensive
problems during the 2016 in- cern how the FBI goes about briefing is not appropriate Attorney General William Barr talks to the media during a
vestigation into ties between seeking permission from the and has said so in writing. news conference about Operation Legend, a federal task force
Russia and President Donald Foreign Intelligence Surveil- Applications must also be ap- formed to fight violent crime in several cities, Wednesday, Aug.
Trump’s campaign. lance Court when it wants proved by the attorney gen- 19, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo.
Coming just two months be- to eavesdrop on someone it eral and must include a “full Associated Press
fore the presidential election, suspects of being an agent of and complete statement as to
the changes are designed to a foreign power, such as a po- whether other less intrusive it for fear of compromising applied to this decision and
ensure that law enforcement tential spy or terrorist. investigative measures have an ongoing investigation, ac- therefore determined that
officials have to clear addi- The FBI has announced been tried and failed.” cording to a Justice Depart- the decision was a judgment
tional hurdles before pursu- more than 40 corrective ac- The FBI had contemplated ment inspector general re- call that Department and FBI
ing the same type of surveil- tions after the Justice De- giving such “defensive brief- port. policy leaves to the discretion
lance as was conducted on a partment inspector general ings” to the Trump campaign “We did not identify any De- of FBI officials,” the report
former adviser to Trump’s identified significant errors in 2016 but decided against partment or FBI policy that stated. q