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THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, - AUGUST 26, 2020
PASADENA POLICE CHIEF ADDRESSES OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING DEATH OF BLACK MALE
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VOL. 8, NO. 33
WEEKEND SHOOTING IN PASADENA SPAWNS ANGRY PROTESTS Police release video of the taser incident Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
Chief John Perez speaks with local media Monday about the officer involved shooting Saturday in which one Black male was killed. – Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
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n the past year, Pasadena Police efforts have taken 180 guns off the street and seven in the past week alone, Chief John Perez told Pasadena Independent Monday. Despite continuous efforts and enforcement, guns, often called ghost guns, still end up on the streets of Pasadena and often in the hands of criminals. Perez said his officers face this possibility every time they make a stop. Most stops do not turn fatal, he said. However, on Saturday, Aug. 15, at about 7:53 p.m., two Pasadena
police officers initiated a traffic stop on a car occupied by two men for an alleged vehicle violation on Raymond Avenue and Grandview Street. The rapid succession of events led to an officer involved shooting, leaving one Black male dead. During the traffic stop, one of the passengers “became uncooperative, preventing a search of his person,” according to police. The passenger ran into the street and allegedly removed a firearm from the waistband of his pants. An officer fired his weapon twice striking Anthony McClain at least once in the flank of his body. McClain continued running as he discarded his firearm into the street. SEE PASADENA SHOOTING PAGE 11
Fueled by the national outrage, another series of demonstrations to defund the police emerged after a Black man was killed by a white police officer Saturday in Pasadena. After a weekend of confrontations with police — including one man who was tasered and some people who were struck with pepper spray, including an 11-yearold boy — activists joined forces via social media to get the word out that Black lives matter. Contrary to social media reports, rubber bullets were not used by Pasadena police on protesters. On Monday at 5 p.m., scores of residents blocked Raymond Avenue, near Washington, to start a march into the city to demand justice for Black residents, blasting music and carrying signs to defund the police, “Say his name, Anthony McClain” and “ Cops killed Anthony McClain,” to name a few. Spearhead by local Black Lives Matter activist Jasmine “Abdulla” Richards, the passionate and peaceful group was visibly shaken by the weekend shooting of 32-year-old Anthony McClain who was killed by police following a traffic stop at the corner of North Raymond Avenue and Grandview Street, near La Pintoresca Park. Mayor Pro Tem Tyron Hampton was present Monday on Raymond where several confrontations took place. Hampton helped quell the rhetoric and discussed the situation privately with a few individuals away from the main crowd. At leave, 150 people gathered near the park and were making handwritten signs to get their message across. Pasadena Police Chief John Perez on Monday released body-worn camera SEE PROTESTS PAGE 10
