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   Niani Finlayson, a 27-year-old Black woman, was fatally shot by a   
   Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy responding to a domestic   
   violence call, authorities said Thursday. The same deputy killed   
   another person in a similar incident three years ago.   
      
   On Dec. 4, Finlayson called 911 "to report that her boyfriend would   
   not leave her alone and then screaming and sounds of a struggle   
   could be heard," according to a report released by the sheriff's   
   department.   
      
   Finlayson and her 9-year-old daughter were being attacked by the   
   mother's former boyfriend and needed help, according to Bradley   
   Gage, a lawyer for Finlayson's family.   
      
   When deputies arrived at her apartment in Lancaster, the Los Angeles   
   County Sheriff's Department (LASD) said, Finlayson opened the front   
   door and was threatening her boyfriend with a "large kitchen knife";   
   she told deputies her boyfriend had pushed her daughter. The   
   boyfriend was not named by officials.   
      
   "Finlayson grabbed her boyfriend while holding the knife in an   
   apparent attempt to stab him, and a deputy-involved shooting   
   occurred," the LASD said. "Finlayson was struck by gunfire, fell to   
   the floor, and dropped the knife."   
      
   Finlayson's family disputes the sheriff's department account of what   
   happened   
   The family's lawyer disputed the department's account of the   
   incident in a notice of their plan to file a lawsuit against the   
   county and the sheriff's department, alleging wrongful death,   
   assault and civil rights violations.   
      
   According to the family's lawyer, Bradley Gage, Finlayson was a   
   victim of domestic violence and was not threatening anyone when   
   deputies shot her in the back from behind a glass door. Deputies   
   performed first aid on Finlayson until the paramedics arrived,   
   according to the LASD. She was then transported to a local hospital,   
   where she was pronounced dead.   
      
   Finlayson died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the county   
   medical examiner. Homicide was listed as the manner of death. An   
   autopsy has not yet been publicly released.   
      
   "Rather than coming to her aid, they wound up shooting and killing   
   her," Gage said in a press conference on Thursday. The family is   
   seeking $30 million in damages and legal fees.   
      
   As of Thursday night, the sheriff's department said that it had not   
   received the claim. The district attorney's office will review the   
   incident to determine whether any criminal charges will be filed and   
   whether the shooting was legal, it added.   
      
   Body camera footage of the incident will be released by next week,   
   according to the LASD.   
      
   The deputy was involved in a similar shooting incident in 2020   
   The sheriff's department identified the deputy involved in the   
   shooting as Ty Shelton. Shelton is the same deputy who shot and   
   killed Michael Thomas, a 61-year-old Black man, in June 2020.   
   Shelton had been responding to a domestic violence call at a home in   
   Lancaster. Thomas refused to open the door to the deputies when they   
   arrived, according to the LA district attorney's office. Gage, who   
   had also represented the Thomas family at the time, said that he was   
   unarmed and that there was no reason for Thomas to be detained. None   
   of the deputies involved had been issued body-worn cameras.   
      
   The DA'S office concluded that there was insufficient evidence to   
   prove Shelton acted unlawfully when using deadly force against   
   Thomas.   
      
   Activists are pointing to Finlayson's death as an example of   
   persistent police brutality against Black people, a cause that drove   
   a wave of large protests for equality and racial justice in 2020.   
      
   "We know as Black people how hard it is to call for 911," Waunette   
   Cullors, director for Cancel the Contract, a local coalition that   
   calls for the end of law enforcement violence and racism, said at a   
   vigil held for Finlayson last week. "She called thinking that she   
   was going to help. She thought that she was going to get someone to   
   defuse the situation, deescalate the situation, but that's not what   
   happened."   
      
   Niggers create their own problems.  If they would shut their mouths   
   and listen, they might live longer.   
      
   https://www.npr.org/2023/12/22/1221113460/la-police-shooting-niani-   
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