‘It Was Madness,’ Says Brother of Man Killed By LAPD ‘For Holding a Plastic Fork’

When Mike Maccani’s little brother, Jason Maccani, didn’t show up for a planned sibling get-together on Sunday and his calls began going to voicemail, he grew concerned.

Then Monday morning came around, and nobody had still heard from Jason, so Mike filed a missing persons report with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD).

That evening, he received an unexpected call from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. Mike was driving when the coroner suggested he pull over.

“I knew it was going to be about Jay,” Mike says of the coroner’s call.

“Jay was killed by the police,” Mike recalls hearing the other person on the line tell him over the phone, offering scant details about the incident. “The coroner just said the police responded to a call. He told me non-lethal weapons weren’t effective, and they shot him.”