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Los Angeles police shoot unarmed man who raised towel-covered hand

© David McNew, AFP | File photo of activists on December 29, 2014, looking at a mural of Ezell Ford, a 25-year-old mentally ill black man, at the site where he was shot and killed by two LAPD officers in Los Angeles, California.

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Latest update : 2015-06-20

Los Angeles police shot and critically wounded an unarmed man after he raised his towel-wrapped hand at officers who thought he was brandishing a gun, a department spokeswoman said on Saturday.