Attorneys representing the family of Takar Smith, a Black man who was fatally shot by Los Angeles Police Department officers, held a news conference Friday after the department released body-camera video of the deadly incident.

The family is demanding justice and accountability for the death of Smith. According to family members, his wife walked to LAPD Rampart station asking for help as Smith was having a mental health crisis. She said she showed officers a video of Smith and said he was home alone during his mental health crisis. She said she was then given a phone number to call.

It appears officers later responded to the apartment and spoke with Smith for 15 minutes.

Bodycam video shows Smith using a chair and bike defensively, but it was the kitchen knife that turned the situation for him.

Officers used pepper spray and multiple Tasers to get control. Smith dropped the knife but when he went to pick it up again officered fired.
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