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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 767768" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39068223" target="_blank">LOS ANGELES (AP) </a> — An&nbsp; angry crowd greeted Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck with boos,&nbsp; whistles and chants of “justicia!” Wednesday night at a community&nbsp; meeting intended to calm residents after the fatal police shooting of a&nbsp; knife-wielding man.
 About 300 people are at the meeting at a school in the Westlake&nbsp; neighborhood where 37-year-old Manuel Jimenes was shot to death Sunday&nbsp; by an officer after he allegedly lunged at the officer with a knife.
 Beck was jeered after defending officers by reading a witness’s account of how Jamines threatened two women.
 Beck said the witness, a neighborhood resident who was not named,&nbsp; reported to three bicycle officers that a man with blood on his hands&nbsp; tried to stab her and pregnant woman next to her.
 The woman heard the three officers telling the suspect to drop the&nbsp; knife, then she heard three or four shots, turned around and saw Jamines&nbsp; on the sidewalk, Beck said.
 “She referred to the officers as her angels who had descended from&nbsp; heaven … and saved her life and that of the pregnant lady,” Beck said.
 The crowd exploded when they heard the witness’s account. One&nbsp; man in the audience called out that the story sounded like it was made&nbsp; up in Hollywood.
 Community members, aided by outsiders, took to the streets&nbsp; Monday and Tuesday night and used Jimenes’ death to highlight past&nbsp; injustices and vent ongoing frustrations.
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[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 767768, member: 12952"] [INDENT][URL="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39068223"]LOS ANGELES (AP) [/URL] — [B]An angry crowd greeted Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck with boos, whistles and chants of “justicia!” Wednesday night at a community meeting intended to calm residents after the fatal police shooting of a knife-wielding man.[/B] About 300 people are at the meeting at a school in the Westlake neighborhood where 37-year-old Manuel Jimenes was shot to death Sunday by an officer after he allegedly lunged at the officer with a knife. Beck was jeered after defending officers by reading a witness’s account of how Jamines threatened two women. Beck said the witness, a neighborhood resident who was not named, reported to three bicycle officers that a man with blood on his hands tried to stab her and pregnant woman next to her. The woman heard the three officers telling the suspect to drop the knife, then she heard three or four shots, turned around and saw Jamines on the sidewalk, Beck said. “She referred to the officers as her angels who had descended from heaven … and saved her life and that of the pregnant lady,” Beck said. [B]The crowd exploded when they heard the witness’s account. One man in the audience called out that the story sounded like it was made up in Hollywood.[/B] [B] Community members, aided by outsiders, took to the streets Monday and Tuesday night and used Jimenes’ death to highlight past injustices and vent ongoing frustrations.[/B] [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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