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    New LAPD videos of controversial police shooting on skid row emerge

    by Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times Jan 09, 2018 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - The controversial police shooting of Charly "Africa" Keunang on Los Angeles' skid row was watched by millions around the world when a bystander posted video online.

    But for almost three years, the Los Angeles Police Department has kept crucial recordings captured by the officers under wraps.

    Those body camera videos, obtained by the Los Angeles Times, offer a unique look at the dramatic moments leading up to the March 2015 killing including how police officers treated Keunang and the violent struggle with him before shots were fired.

    Keunang's family has cited the footage in court documents as proof that police were too aggressive and provoked the shooting. The LAPD, prosecutors and the city's Police Commission

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