A Los Angeles sex worker called 911 to report being held in a motel room against her will. When the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) showed up, one of the officers shot her.
The woman, Linda Becerra Moran, died on February 27 after nearly three weeks on life support.
Advocates in the area are both mourning Moran's death and worrying about what message it will send. "This has such chilling connotations for survivors in L.A….if they're afraid that police are going to shoot them when they call 911," Soma Snakeoil, executive director of the nonprofit Sidewalk Project, told the Los Angeles Times.
