In the Antelope Valley, where there is a long history of racial tension, Black residents are skeptical of authorities' claims that the death of Robert Fuller by hanging was a suicide.
s of federally subsidized Section 8 housing, in which armed deputies accompanied housing authorities to look for violations of housing rules, causing some to be evicted.Federal investigators also found that Black people were much more likely to be stopped and searched than other residents and that deputies had used excessive force against handcuffed detainees.On Monday, L.A. County Medical Examiner-Coroner Dr.
At the scene, authorities found no chair or anything else that could have been climbed upon. Investigators recovered a phone, items in Fuller’s pocket and a backpack.the area for surveillance video, conduct a forensic analysis of the rope and knot structure and research Fuller’s medical history. State Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra said his office was sending independent investigators to Palmdale to review the sheriff’s investigation and potentially conduct its own.
An FBI spokeswoman said Monday that the agency would monitor the Palmdale investigation, as well as theWhen asked about racial tensions in the Antelope Valley at a news conference this week, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said reforms enacted since the 2015 settlement “are working” and require additional funding.“I think, if you look at the big picture, people trust what the Sheriff’s Department does, by and large,” Villanueva said.
But emotions have remained raw. At a news briefing Friday, Palmdale City Manager J.J. Murphy, who is white, acknowledged, “Maybe we should have said it was ‘an alleged suicide.’” Then he added: “Can I also ask that we stop talking about lynchings?”Colonel Brooks Sr. 50, raises his arm as Pastor Michael Barrett of Do Right Christian Church leads a group in prayer at a memorial for Robert Fuller in Palmdale.
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