District Attorney Nathan Hochman is taking heat from justice advocates for dismissing a case against two Torrance police officers who shot and killed a man seated in a car in 2018. Hochman said a key piece of evidence was inadmissable, making it hard to convict the officers.

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By Stephen Oduntan

Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES — For many Black Angelenos, the story sounds familiar: a young man is killed by police, an investigation drags on for years, charges are filed — and then prosecutors quietly step back.

Advocates say the cycle has played out so often that trust in the county’s justice system has thinned to a thread.

That pattern resurfaced last week when on Nov. 21, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman moved to dismiss voluntary manslaughter charges a

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