Death Fans Tensions in Pasadena; Black Man shot by Police is buried

A northwest Pasadena man who was killed in a shootout with officers was buried Friday, days after the city's police chief asked the FBI to investigate the shooting. Hundreds of family and friends of Maurice Clark attended the emotional service at Lincoln Avenue Baptist Church, blocks away from where the 30-year-old was killed in a gun battle with two officers. Residents and authorities have been divided over whether the shooting on April 24 was justified, and hostilities between law enforcement and residents in northwest Pasadena are running high. Residents told authorities at recent community meetings that police routinely harass, verbally threaten and use excessive force against young African Americans.

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