Killing of Dijon Kizzee
Death of an African American person killed due to interaction with a California Law Enforcement Agency
Dijon Kizzee (February 5, 1991 – August 31, 2020), an African-American man, was shot and killed in the Los Angeles County community of Westmont on August 31, 2020, by deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD). For days, protesters gathered outside the South Los Angeles sheriff's station. By September 6, those demonstrations had escalated to clashes, with deputies firing projectiles and tear gas at the crowds and arresting 35 people over four nights of unrest.
Death
Two deputies were on patrol in the Westmont neighborhood on August 31, 2020, around 3:15pm. The deputies tried to stop Kizzee, 29, for committing a traffic violation on his bike; Kizzee was riding his bicycle on the wrong side of the road and splitting traffic.
Kizzee allegedly dropped the bike and ran a block while holding a jacket and other clothing before deputies caught him. During an encounter with two deputies, Kizzee dropped "a 9mm semi-automatic pistol wrapped in a piece of clothing. He then bent over and reached back to pick up the pistol when each deputy fired, striking Kizzee several times in the torso". The recovered pistol had been reported stolen in 2017.
On September 2, the Kizzee family lawyer posted "a grainy cell phone video footage recorded from a house that purportedly shows the deputies pursuing Kizzee.
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