California cops accused of dumping ‘severely distressed’ homeless man on L.A. street

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The Burbank Police Department came under fire Friday after video was released that purportedly showed two officers dropping off a “severely distressed unhoused man” in front of Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian’s office in L.A.

Krekorian shared the video shortly after he filed a motion with the L.A. City Council calling for an investigation and possible legal action against both the city of Burbank and the Burbank PD.

The video, which was taken Thursday at the Council District 2 office on Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, shows a Burbank PD vehicle pull up and park in front of the building.

Two police officers then get out of the vehicle and open the rear door and remove a man who appears to be handcuffed. One officer removes the handcuffs and the man is seen shouting and visibly distraught as the officers return to their vehicle.

They then drive away, leaving the man behind as he drops to the ground.

In a news release issued Friday, Krekorian said his staff was eventually able to locate the man who was left by police and get him in connection with medical care. The man, whose name is being withheld, recently became homeless and was living outside of L.A.

Krekorian called the behavior of the officers “inhumane and inexcusable.”

“We in Los Angeles have worked long and hard to bring our unhoused neighbors off the streets by building interim shelters, tiny homes, navigation centers, and supportive housing. Meanwhile, neighboring jurisdictions have simply removed unhoused people from their streets and dumped them on ours,” said Krekorian.

The Council President continued by saying that city officials have “known for years” that neighboring cities were bringing homeless people into L.A. city limits and leaving them behind.

“Here is the proof,” he said as he showed the video to the media during a press conference Friday.

In the City Council motion filed Friday, Krekorian called for the L.A. City Attorney, Los Angeles County District Attorney and the California Attorney General to investigate this latest incident, as well as the alleged ongoing practice of transporting unhoused individuals from one city and leaving them in another.

“Homelessness is a regional crisis and the City cannot address it alone,” Krekorian’s motion reads.

Following the release of the video, Burbank Mayor Nick Schultz released a statement on social media in which he stated that the city “takes the concerns raised by Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Krekorian seriously.”

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