Полиция Калифорнии расследует смерть черного человека, найденного повешенным на дереве возле здания муниципалитета

(PALMDALE, Calif.) — Authorities in the Southern California city of Palmdale are investigating the death of a 24-year-frail Black man chanced on inserting from a tree shut to City Hall, which they firstly described as an apparent suicide, prompting outrage in the neighborhood.

A passerby reported seeing Robert Fuller’s body spherical 3 a.m. Wednesday. Emergency personnel responded and chanced on that he perceived to fetch died by suicide, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials said.

Fuller’s death has generated intense scrutiny, especially after nationwide protests rebuking the police killing of George Floyd.

On Saturday, a complete bunch of protesters took to the streets of the high desert city of 150,000, marching from the park the place Fuller’s body became chanced on to the sheriff’s living. Many carried indicators that said “Justice for Robert Fuller.”

Higher than 100,000 folks signed an on-line petition annoying a corpulent investigation into Fuller’s death. Neighborhood participants confronted city officials at acontentious news briefingFriday, asking why they were instant to worth his death a suicide and annoying an self sustaining autopsy.

“I fetch doubts about what took living,” Marisela Barajas, who went to the click convention and joined a crowd gathered at the tree the place Fuller’s body became chanced on, suggested theLos Angeles Cases.

“All by myself, in entrance of the City Hall — it’s extra be pleased a commentary,” she said. “Despite the indisputable truth that it became a suicide, that in itself is originate of a commentary.”

Lt. Kelly Yagerlener of the county clinical examiner-coroner’s place of job said a resolution on the reason for death is deferred pending an investigation. A corpulent autopsy is deliberate.

Residents demanded surveillance video spherical the time and living the place Fuller’s body became chanced on. The city said there were no outdoors cameras, and video recorders on a close by traffic signal could possibly per chance not fetch captured what took living.

Sheriff’s Capt. Ron Shaffer said homicide detectives were investigating the conditions ensuing in Fuller’s death to search out out if depraved play became enthusiastic. He told participants of the final public to contact detectives if they fetch associated knowledge, in particular regarding the place Fuller had been and who he had been with in most modern weeks.

Palmdale officials wrote in a commentary that investigators were in contact with Fuller’s family.

KPCC-FM stories that at the march Saturday, Fuller’s sister Diamond Alexander insisted her brother became not suicidal.

“Robert became a correct exiguous brother to us and it’s be pleased the total lot they were telling us has not been trusty … and we trusty are looking out to grab the truth,” she said.

Protesters held a moment of silence and took a knee birth air the sheriff’s living.

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