Clifford Proctor Arrested Over 2015 Venice Killing

Former LAPD officer Clifford Proctor, 60, was arrested Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport on a felony murder warrant and is being held on $2 million bail, LAPD and jail records show. He is accused in the May 5, 2015, killing of 29-year-old Brendon Glenn, an unarmed, unhoused man who was shot twice in the back near the Venice Beach boardwalk after a scuffle, a shooting that sparked protests. The LAPD’s internal investigation and the Los Angeles Police Commission found the shooting unjustified, and then-Chief Charlie Beck had recommended prosecution, but then–District Attorney Jackie Lacey declined to charge Proctor in 2018 citing insufficient evidence. News reports say a warrant was issued last year after District Attorney George Gascón asked special prosecutor Lawrence Middleton to re-examine the case; Proctor had been living abroad and was arrested after returning to the U.S. The LAPD said it will support the justice process as the case proceeds, the district attorney’s office has not commented, and family lawyers say Glenn’s mother welcomed the arrest as long-awaited accountability.