Charly "Africa" Keunang Memorial March in Skid Row - Death by Cops

Police brutality, Police-involved shootings

Three police officers in Los Angeles, California, were legally justified and acting in self-defense when they fatally shot a homeless man, Charly Leundeu Keunang, in March 2015, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office has determined. 

Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Sergeant Chand Syed and Officers Francisco Martinez and Daniel Torres "acted lawfully in self-defense and in defense of others" when they shot and killed Keunang, 43, on March 1, 2015

Join us with Pete White of Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN) for this epic Memorial March two years day of his murder. Charly "Africa" Keunang, known as "Africa" among friends, died after being shot multiple times by LAPD officers a  rookie police officer was involved in the murder. March 1. 2015.

                                                                  Death by Cops

The murder was caught on video by the homeless who were there and there was no gun as seen in this presentation. the family of a homeless man who was fatally shot by LAPD officers on Skid Row filed a $20 million lawsuit against the department.

 

 

 The family of a homeless man who was fatally shot by LAPD officers on Skid Row filed a $20 million lawsuit against the department.

Caught on Camera Homeless Man Murdered

Hippie Kitchen Photo Project-Skid Row's Catholic Workers

                                              The Catholic Worker Hospitality Kitchen 

aka "Hippie Kitchen Gallery Project

 

Jeff Dietrich Attending the Africa's Memorial March in Skid Row March 1, 2017
Catholic Agitator by Jeff Dietrich 

Catherine Morris & Mother Teresa on 6th Street in Skid Row 1977

 The Dorthy Day Catholic Worker Founder

 

 Ammon Hennacy House of Hospitality

632 North Brittania St.

 

 

Catherine Morris

 821 East 6th Street & Gladys Av 90021 Heart of Skid Row

 

Jeff Dietrich

Dorthy Day

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Skid Row Neighborhood Council Town Hall Meeting Feb 15th 2017

Skid Row Neighborhood Council Town Hall Meeting Feb 15th 2017
United We Stand!

Skid Row's Gladys Park meets

Skid Row's Gladys Park meets 

 The National Recreational Parks Association

 

National Recreational Parks Association

Skid Row's Gladys Park

 

General Jeff Community Activist