Photos: Ezell Ford shooting protest
Police Commissioner Paula Madison, right, speaks with protesters at LAPD headquarters, explaining the commission’s ruling on last year’s shooting death of Ezell Ford.
(Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)Ezell Ford’s mother, Tritobia Ford, holds her son Zaire, 2, while speaking at a news conference on the grounds of the First AME Church of Los Angeles about the L.A. Police Commission’s ruling on the Ezell Ford case.
(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)Protester Melina Abdullah shouts at departing police commissioners after the commission adjourned Tuesday at LAPD headquarters.
(Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)Officers guard LAPD headquarters Tuesday, which was barricaded ahead of the Los Angeles Police Commission’s ruling on the Ezell Ford case.
(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)Los Angeles Mayor
Theodore Moody, right, joins protesters outside LAPD headquarters Tuesday morning, before the Los Angeles Police Commission issued its ruling on the Ezell Ford killing.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)Jasmine Richards holds a picture of Ezell Ford outside LAPD headquarters Tuesday morning. The civilian board that oversees the Los Angeles Police Department will decide on whether two officers violated department policy when they shot and killed Ezell Ford last summer in South L.A.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)Tritobia Ford, the mother of Ezell Ford, inside LAPD headquarters during public comment portion of the police commission meeting. The civilian board that oversees the Los Angeles Police Department will decide on whether two officers violated department policy when they shot and killed Ezell Ford last summer in South L.A.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)Steve Soboroff, president of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners, begins the public comments inside LAPD headquarters Tuesday morning.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)Protesters gesture prior to the start of public comments inside LAPD headquarters.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)Jasmine Richards holds a picture of Ezell Ford inside LAPD headquarters during public comment portion of the police commission meeting.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)Michael Hunt delivers his views inside LAPD headquarters Tuesday during public comment portion of the Police Commission meeting.
(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)Activists with Black Lives Matter protest in front of L.A. Mayor
An activist with Black Lives Matter lights candles at an altar for Ezell Ford in front of L.A. Mayor
Activists with Black Lives Matter hold pictures of Ezell Ford on June 8 in front of Los Angeles Mayor
Activist Carrie Leilam Love with Black Lives Matter places roses on an altar during a protest in front of L.A. Mayor
Activists with Black Lives Matter gather to address the press during a protest in front of L.A. Mayor