Black Lives Matter co-founder takes LAPD to trial for 'swatting' prank response
Los Angeles Times -

Testimony began Tuesday in the trial of a lawsuit brought by Black Lives Matter L.A. co-founder Melina Abdullah against the city of Los Angeles, with a Los Angeles police sergeant telling a jury that he ordered officers to approach the activist’s home in tactical gear even though he was "70%" certain they were responding to a fake hostage situation. The sergeant, James Mankey, one of the defendants in the case, told jurors he didn’t want to take the chance of not sending the officers if the the...

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