A judge dismissed the indictment against a former Los Angeles Police Department officer who was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in Venice in 2015, according to the LA County District Attorney’s Office.
The officer, Clifford Proctor, was accused of shooting and killing Brendon Glenn, a homeless man, following a dispute between Glenn and a bouncer near the Venice Beach boardwalk.
Proctor was initially investigated by then-LA County District Attorney Jackie Lacey in 2018. Her office did not pursue charges against Proctor, citing “insufficient evidence,” despite then-LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck recommending that Lacey file charges against Proctor…