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Via Daily Mail
The homeless man who was shot dead by the LAPD is from Cameroon – but could not be deported back to his home country because of the red tape.
The man, who was killed on Los Angeles’ impoverished Skid Row when he allegedly tried to grab the holstered pistol of an officer while police arrested him on Sunday, was from Cameroon, authorities have confirmed.
However, attempts to deport him had failed – because the Cameroonian government refused to respond to repeated requests for travel documents.
It has already been revealed the man – whose violent death sparked outrage across America – served 15 years behind bars using the name Charley Saturmin Robinet.
His deception was discovered a couple of years ago, when he was due to be deported back to France.
But French authorities realized he was not who he was claiming to be, and rescinded the papers, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Virginia Kice, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, told the newspaper they repeatedly contacted authorities in Cameroon, who failed to respond to their request for a travel document.
Because they were unable to get the documents, the man known as Robinet could not be deported and was released from prison.
He served around 13 years in prison for the crime, in which he, an accomplice and getaway driver stole $33,500 in a bid to pay for acting classes at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.
Officials now say Robinet stole the identity of a Frenchman with the same name and birth date to apply for a French passport in the 1990s, when he came to the U.S. to pursue an acting career.
Foreign nationals are usually deported after serving their sentences, but because of a 2001 Supreme Court ruling on the rights of ‘stateless’ people, Robinet was set free.
HT: kdhouse