Video:Disturbing vid of Gardena,CA pigs killing a Latino man in cold blood after he removes his hat.

The district attorney’s office declined to file charges against the officers. Deputy Dist. Atty. Rosa Alarcon wrote in a memo about the shooting that Diaz Zeferino’s right hand was no longer visible from the officers’ angle and that it was reasonable for them to believe he was reaching for a weapon.

“They made a split-second decision and they were not required to hold fire in order to ascertain whether Diaz would, in fact, injure or ? them,” she wrote.

Members of a Gardena family attending Tuesday's meeting who asked not to be identified said they hadn’t seen the video but remembered when the shooting occurred. The video’s release is important for police transparency, and the city undermines that when it resists releasing footage, they said.

The council members did not mention the judge’s ruling during their closing remarks at the meeting.

But Gardena Police Chief Ed Medrano approached Kennedy afterward and said the department accepted responsibility for the shooting and that the issue was balancing what they should and shouldn't release to the media and public.

Some Gardena residents are concerned how videos will be released since the city recently purchased police body cameras, he said.

"We haven't struck a balance on that yet, " Medrano said. "We have proper levels of accountability but at the same time we're also protecting their privacy, whether they are victims or witnesses."

He said the videos that recorded the shooting show the camera's viewpoint, not what the officers saw.

"It's not black and white," he said.