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  'I will shoot you': husband of LA district attorney pulls gun on Black Lives Matter activists
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AuthorSam Levin
News DateMonday, March 2, 2020 04:40:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe husband of Los Angeles’s top prosecutor pulled a gun on Black Lives Matter activists outside his home and said, “I will shoot you,” while directly pointing his firearm at them, video shows.

David Lacey, the husband of the LA county district attorney, Jackie Lacey, opened his door Monday morning and threatened demonstrators with his gun, saying: “Get off of my porch. I will shoot you … I don’t care who you are … We’re calling the police right now.”

The footage captured the husband going back inside, at which point Melina Abdullah, a Black Lives Matter LA organizer who had knocked at the door, said: “He pulled a gun and pointed it at my chest.” He appeared to have his finger on the trigger.

An LA police spokesperson said police responded to a call for a disturbance and became aware of a “possible assault with a deadly weapon”, which is now under investigation.

“We were shocked,” Abdullah told the Guardian after the incident, which happened just after 5.30am local time. “We were extremely polite. We are clearly peaceful folks. She knows who we are. We’ve never engaged in any violence against her.”

Jackie Lacey is facing a tough re-election fight this week and has long faced scrutiny for her refusal to prosecute police officers who kill civilians, her aggressive pursuit of the death penalty and other tough-on-crime strategies.

In a press conference hours after the incident, the district attorney criticized the protesters for demonstrating at her home, saying they were trying “to embarrass me and intimidate me”, but added that her husband now wanted to apologize: “His response was in fear … He’s profoundly sorry … He meant no one any harm.”
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D:9602Old Dominion Democrat ( 1532.0778 points)
Tue, March 3, 2020 10:06:35 PM UTC0:00
Regardless of the side of the issue, any issue, I am absolutely not supportive of people like this knowingly showing up at the private homes of elected officials. Harass and ambush them at work or in public all you'd like, but homes really should be off limits.