article_snippet: The LAPD said The LAPD was wanted in connection with a robbery.
article_snippet: The LAPD have claimed The LAPD was trying to take an officer's gun .
article_snippet: Doubt was also cast on whether The LAPD actually tried to wrest a handgun from officers; a moment which the footage which has emerged so far does not clearly depict.
article_snippet: Pressure for the LAPD to produce evidence to vindicate the LAPD officers had been mounting since a video of the killing emerged on social media.
article_snippet: The shocking footage shows The LAPD lashing out at police, who force The LAPD to the ground.
article_snippet: Outraged crowds soon gathered at the scene, accusing the police of unjustly killing The LAPD.
article_snippet: When asked whether The LAPD reached for a policeman's gun, he said: 'his own footage of the incident don't say that, my eyes didn't see that.'
article_snippet: Another witness, Lonnie Franklin, 53, did not comment on whether The LAPD was trying to shoot back, but said the police's use of force was excessive.
article_snippet: At the beginning of the encounter, The LAPD is seen taking swings at several police officers on Skid Row .
article_snippet: Confronted: The LAPD was being confronted over reports of a robbery before five shots were fired .
article_snippet: The LAPD told the LA Times: 'The LAPD never was a threat - the amount of officers present at the time could have subdued The LAPD.'
article_snippet: KB’ Gee said The LAPD’s real first name is Booth, but people called The LAPD
article_snippet: Flowers were left by the manMonday as people attacked the LAPD for the killing .
article_snippet: the Los Angeles Police Department has the Los Angeles Police Department own investigation into the killing, which will 'determine whether the use of deadly force was consistent with the Los Angeles Police Department policies and procedures'.
article_snippet: LA County's district attorney's office will also conduct LA County's district attorney's office own probe.
article_snippet: LAPD spokesman Andy Smith told reporters: 'During the attempt to detain LAPD spokesman Andy Smith, this individual resisted our officers.
article_snippet: Theys struggled with LAPD spokesman Andy Smith, this individual tried to tase LAPD spokesman Andy Smith a couple of the LA Times.' '
article_snippet: Shooting: the attack took place in the Skid Row district of Los Angeles, which is known for the attack large homeless population .