Daily Archives: April 18, 2018

No charges, no surprise, activists say; D.A. overrules police chief in refusing to try former officer

No charges, no surprise, activists say; D.A. overrules police chief in refusing to try former officer

LOS ANGELES — A former Los Angeles police officer was not surprised that District Attorney Jackie Lacey decided not to file charges against a former police officer who killed an unarmed black man near the Venice Beach boardwalk in 2015. Retired LAPD Sgt. Cheryl Dorsey said, “When the District Attorney’s Office has a symbiotic relationship with the LAPD, it would…

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