A Los Angeles City councilmember furiously criticized the Burbank Police Department after security video appeared to show two officers dumping a homeless man in front of his field office on Thursday.
“I am extremely livid today,” Councilmember Paul Krekorian said.
After pulling up to the curb on Lankershim Boulevard near Weddington Street in North Hollywood, the officers uncuffed the man after he got out of the back seat. Then, the man dropped to his knees as the officers drove away. Krekorian said the man appeared to be having a mental health crisis.
“Without giving any aid to this person,” he said. “Without determining if there was anyone who could provide services to this person. They dumped him in North Hollywood.”
Krekorian’s staff tracked down the man about seven hours after he was abandoned. He told them he was homeless and had a broken leg.
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