Jones, the memo said, was an “armed, dangerous fleeing felon” and Ramirez used reasonable force to “apprehend” her. “It’s enraging and heartbreaking at the same time,” she said of the decision not to charge the officer who shot Jones. “I have a gun,” the paper read, according to the prosecutors’ memo. The footage, which was independently viewed by The Times in the days following the shooting, shows a woman wielding a knife. Two men told investigators they saw officers chase Jones and saw her turn or move toward police while holding the knife.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 07, 2017 01:00 UTC