LA Residents Flood Zoom Meeting With Calls For LAPD Chief To Resign
Los Angeles residents flooded a public Zoom meeting with anger and frustration on Tuesday over the city’s response to ongoing protests following the death of George Floyd.
Hundreds of citizens called in to the Los Angeles Police Commission’s first virtual meeting since the demonstrations began. For more than eight hours, dozens of residents repeatedly called on Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore to resign after he made comments on Monday blaming looters for “capitalising” on the man’s death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer last week.
“I’m going to say that Chief Moore should be fired and the police commission isn’t an oversight board if you aren’t actively pushing for this,” one resident said in a clip compiled by The Los Angeles Times. “Blaming protesters for George Floyd’s death it’s bad, it’s horrible.”
Another continues: “Chief, you need to step down. You need to resign or this commission needs to do its job and fire you.”
Moore has publicly apologised for the remarks and said Monday he misspoke out of frustration over a rash of looting that broke out across the city in recent days.
“Yesterday during the course of a press conference I made a terrible mistake and misspoke regarding the death of Mr. George Floyd,” Moore said at the start of the Zoom meeting. “Looting is in no way comparable to his murder. My remarks were meant to convey my frustration with those who, as they committed violence, attempted to justify their actions. I apologise and I am sorry.”
LAPD Chief Moore just said that "[#GeorgeFloyd's] murder is on the hands of the looters."
Chief Moore said this...who actually shot two people and killed one as a rank-and-file officer.
We're hearing calls to #FireMoore.#BlackLivesMatter— #BlackLivesMatter-LA (@BLMLA) June 2, 2020
