Police in a California city fatally shot a black man who had been acting erratically, prompting protesters to quickly gather and accuse officers of an unjustified killing.
The shooting on Tuesday in El Cajon, 24 kilometres east of San Diego, was the latest in a string of killings of black men by police that have fueled outrage across America.
Two police officers encountered the unidentified man, who was in his 30s, behind a restaurant after receiving reports of someone “not acting like himself” and walking in traffic, El Cajon police said in a statement.
The man, who was pacing back and forth, refused officers’ orders to take his hand out of his pocket, police said.