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‘Get Off Of My Porch!’: Los Angeles DA’s Husband Pulls Gun On BLM Protesters

Eric Quintanar
‘Get Off Of My Porch!’: Los Angeles DA’s Husband Pulls Gun On BLM Protesters
LOS ANGELES, CA-JUNE 29, 2015: Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announces the creation of the Conviction Review Unit, a new unit to review wrongful conviction claims made by defendants, during a press conference at the Hall of Justice in Downtown Los Angeles on June 29, 2015. (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

The husband of Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey reportedly pointed a gun at Black Lives Matter protesters who knocked on the man’s front door during a protest outside of his home. 

Melina Abdullah, a professor of Pan-African studies at California State University, Los Angeles, told NBC News she was attending a protest Monday morning outside of the man’s home, and rang the doorbell to invite the district attorney to talk to other BLM activists gathered outside. 

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