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Deputies Will Not Be Charged in Dijon Kizzee Death
Prosecutors have decided not to bring criminal charges against two LA County sheriff’s deputies, who shot and killed an armed man in South LA. The NBC4’s I-Team reports for the NBC4 News on Nov. 15, 2022.
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Dijon Kizzee's Family Files $35 Million Claim
His family is filing a wrongful death claim. John Cadiz Klemack reports Feb. 11, 2021.
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Attorneys for Family of Dijon Kizzee, Black Man Fatally Shot by Deputies, to File $35 Million Claim Against LA County
Attorneys for the family of a 29-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in August after they stopped him for bicycling on the wrong side of a street said they are filing a claim against Los Angeles County.
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Family of Dijon Kizzee Says Autopsy Shows Use of Excessive Force by Deputies
A family autopsy shows that Kizzee was shot 19 times by deputies, the family’s lawyer says. Kim Tobin reported on NBC4 News on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020.
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Dijon Kizzee Shot by Deputies While ‘Writhing' on Ground, Family Attorney Says
The family of Dijon Kizzee called for justice after an independent autopsy found that he was shot while on the ground. Ted Chen reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020.
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Dijon Kizzee Fatally Shot By Deputies While ‘Writhing on Ground,' Attorneys Say
Again blasting the sheriff’s department’s contention that a 29-year-old man was fatally shot while pointing a gun at deputies in Westmont, attorneys for the man’s family said Tuesday an independent autopsy shows he was shot repeatedly while “writhing on the ground in pain.” Dijon Kizzee was shot Aug. 31 by two sheriff’s deputies. Sheriff Alex Villanueva last week released...
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Attorney for Dijon Kizzee's Family Calls Shooting by Deputies ‘An Execution'
Dismissing the sheriff’s department release of videos and information surrounding the Westmont shooting of Dijon Kizzee by two deputies as a “media-driven sideshow,” an attorney for Kizzee’s family said Friday the man’s killing was nothing short of “an execution.”
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Sheriff Reveals More Details About Shooting of Dijon Kizzee
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials are revealing more about what they say compelled deputies to fatally shoot Dijon Kizzee last month. Beverly White reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.
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New Details in Dijon Kizzee Shooting
The LA County Sheriff’s Department said in a news conference that Dijon Kizzee reached for a weapon before he was shot. Chuck Henry reports Sept. 17, 2020.
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Sheriff's Department Claims Dijon Kizzee Was Shot After Picking Up Pistol
A Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigator said Thursday that Dijon Kizzee picked up a loaded pistol that had fallen to the ground just before deputies fatally shot the 29-year-old man last month in the Westmont area. “At one point, Kizzee’s pistol drops to the ground, he bends over, reaches, picks up the gun and is shot while he stands with the gun...
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‘Agitators' Arrested in Protests Over Deadly Deputy Shooting of Black Man, Sheriff Says
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva on Thursday showed photos of what’s been seized over the last four nights of protests from 37 protesters arrested after the shooting death of Dijon Kizzee last week. “All of these things were seized right here in front of the station,” he said. “The shouting, the yelling, the antics from disruptive groups that are…
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Dijon Kizzee Protests Lead to Arrests, More Activism
As protests continue in the community where LA Sheriff’s deputies killed Dijon Kizzee, now comes a dispute between activists and LA County’s Sheriff over who deserves to be in the streets. Beverly White reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.
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Family of Black Man Shot by Deputies Calling on Release of Autopsy
The family of Dijon Kizzee, who was fatally shot Aug. 31 by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies near South Los Angeles, is calling on the LA County coroner to override a security hold placed on the Kizzee’s autopsy by Sheriff Alex Villanueva. The family is also calling for the names of the deputies who shot Kizzee and the specific...
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Demonstrators Arrested at Dijon Kizzee Protest Outside South LA Sheriff's Station
A protest outside the South Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station that was declared an unlawful assembly ended with 17 people being arrested, authorities said Wednesday morning. The unlawful assembly order was issued about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to Deputy Trina Schrader of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Those arrested are all facing charges for failing to disperse. This was...
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17 Arrested in Protests Over Death of Dijon Kizzee
Protesters and sheriff’s deputies clashed once again in another night of demonstrations in South LA. Annette Arreola reports for Today in LA at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.
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LA Sheriff's Deputies and Kizzee Death Protesters Clash Again
LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva was at the scene to discuss his deputies’ actions in the face of protests. Beverly White reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 7, 2020.
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12 Arrested in Kizzee Protests After Unlawful Assembly Declared, Sheriff's Dept. Says
Deputies arrested 12 protesters during a demonstration at the South Los Angeles Sheriff’s Station to protest the fatal shooting of Dijon Kizzee by deputies in the Westmont area, authorities said Monday. The 12 were arrested on suspicion of failing to leave an unlawful assembly, said Deputy Trina Schrader of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Two of the 12…
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Deputies and Demonstrators Clash During Protest Over Dijon Kizzee Shooting Death
Sheriff’s deputies fired chemical irritants at demonstrators who gathered in front of the South Los Angeles sheriff’s station to protest last week’s fatal shooting of Dijon Kizzee by deputies in the Westmont area, witnesses said. The Black Lives Matter protest at 1310 W. Imperial Highway began at 4 p.m. Saturday and quickly swelled to about 200-300 people, as friends,...
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Protest Planned at Sheriff's Station in Wake of Dijon Kizzee Shooting
Demonstrators were scheduled to gather in front of the South Los Angeles sheriff’s station Saturday afternoon to protest this week’s fatal shooting of Dijon Kizzee by deputies in the Westmont area. The protest at 1310 W. Imperial Highway is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m., according to Black Lives Matter Los Angeles. A post on BLMLA’s Twitter account calls...
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Sheriff Releases Unusual Statement in Dijon Kizzee Shooting Case
The inspector general told the sheriff’s oversight board he’d been locked out, and the sheriff responded. Eric Leonard reports Sept. 4, 2020.