Is this treason of the state?

1. Is this treason of the state?

2. The family of a Cameroonian man fatally shot by police on skid row filed a $20-million claim against the city Wednesday, saying officers "initiated" a struggle that ended in a "cop-created killing." • Charly Leundeu Keunang’s sister, Line Foming, and their parents, Heleine Tchayou and Isaac Keunang, accuse the city of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department and its officers of excessive force, assault and battery, wrongful death and constitutional violations. • Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-keunang-claim-20150429-story.html)

3. "Law enforcement officers are trained to de-escalate situations and to only use lethal force as a last resort," the family said in the claim, a legal precursor to a civil suit. "The LAPD officers who killed Mr. Keunang violated these protocols and their reckless mistakes and misconduct resulted in this unnecessary death.” • “I saw everybody standing up while he was on the floor,” Foming said in an interview. ”How can you shoot somebody on the floor?”

4. Authorities have said Keunang, 43, struggled with one of the officers over his gun during an intense melee. A witness disputed the account. • The claim says six LAPD officers "attacked Mr. Keunang, Tasing him, tackling him to the concrete and repeatedly striking him with their fists and batons. ... The officers then shot Mr. Keunang six times from point-blank range as they held him down on the sidewalk."

5. Is the shooting in skid row treason of the state? • Yes • No • Don’t know enough yet

6. Is California as a state committed to social housing and job development? • Yes • No • Somewhat

7. Is California as a state committed to combating slums and redressing urban maginality? • Yes • No • Somewhat

8. Is California as a state committed redraw spatial boundaries to the advantage of landowners, foreign investors, elite homeowners, and middle-class commuters? • Yes • No • Somewhat

9. Do symbols and promises made to the poor mean much to bureaucrats in power? • Yes • No

10. Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority • Los Angeles, CA (May 11, 2015)– • Today, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), the City-County agency tasked with addressing homelessness in Los Angeles County, released the results of its biennial Los Angeles Homeless Count conducted in January 2015. • The Count was the largest census in the country, benefitting from the support of more than 5,500 volunteers.

11. Amidst Los Angeles’ challenging economic climate, the data shows a 16 percent increase in the number of homeless men, women and children in the Los Angeles Continuum of Care (Los Angeles County excluding Glendale, Pasadena and Long Beach) since 2013, showing 41,174homeless persons in 2015, compared to 35,524 in 2013. • Despite the increase in the general population, the number of homeless veterans has remained essentially flat since 2013 (4,007 to 4,016). Including the other parts of the County, the overall increase in homelessness is 12 percent since 2013

12. Other key results from the 2015 Homeless Count include: • The total number of family members increased 12 percent from 6,678 to 7,505  • The sheltered population was 12,226 •  The unsheltered population was 28,948 • The number of tents, makeshift shelters and vehicles seen during the Count increased by 85 percent since 2013

13. Will Los Angeles solve the homeless problem anytime soon? • Yes • No

14. Is this treason of the state? • Yes • No

15. Is the shooting on L.A. skid row of the man known as “Africa” treason of the state? • Yes • No