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Husband of LA District Attorney Points Gun at Black Lives Matter Activists, Threatens to Shoot
David Lacey is the husband of Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey. On Monday, March 2, 2020, a video clip shows him pointing a gun at Black Lives Matter LA co-founder Melina Abdullah. Abdullah and other activists appeared at Lacey’s home at about 5:40 a.m. California Time in an attempt to request a community meeting with the DA.
For the past two years, Black Lives Matter activists have sought to meet with Lacey in order to discuss her office’s failure to prosecute cops who kill civilians. Indeed, Lacey has been in office since 2012, during which time 500 people have been killed by law enforcement officers. Lacey has prosecuted only one case.
On Monday BLM activists set up chairs outside Lacey’s home and Abdullah and two other people rang the doorbell to again request a meeting. This request carried considerably more urgency than those in the past due to Tuesday’s (tomorrow’s) primary election in which Jackie Lacey is up for re-election.
The Lacey house was equipped with a Ring camera, which enabled people inside to see who was at the door. Abdullah says that she thought she heard a gun being cocked inside the home, but dismissed that thought as paranoia.
