A&E's Popular Show 'Live PD' Is Canceled Amid Protests Over Police Brutality
The cancellation comes as reports surface that a Live PD camera crew's raw footage of the March 2019 death of Javier Ambler, a black man who died in police custody, had been destroyed.
by Brakkton Booker
Jun 10, 2020
2 minutes
Updated at 12:05 a.m. ET Thursday
Cable network A&E announced Wednesday that it has canceled production of its popular unscripted series Live PD amid ongoing nationwide protests following the death of a black man, George Floyd, while in police custody last month in Minneapolis, Minn.
The cancellation also comes after an Austin, Texas, newspaper and television station reportedwas there and recorded footage of the incident.
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