FreakinDJ
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More Than 1,000 Attend Andy Lopez Protest Rally in Santa Rosa
Source: KQED News Staff and Wires 
The Associated Press is reporting that more than 1,000 people marched at the rally this afternoon in Santa Rosa to protest the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Andy Lopez. The protesters, including middle- and high-school-age students and members of the Occupy movement, assembled in downtown Santa Rosa before marching through streets with signs and hooded sweatshirts bearing photos of the boy. "Andy Lopez did not have to die," they chanted during the nearly three-hour, mostly peaceful demonstration. No arrests were made. Read more: http://blogs.kqed.org/newsfix/2013/10/29/andy-lopez/ And here is something that took me completely by surprise buried in the article "In the state of California we have a lot of laws that cover the protection of privacy of police officers and as a result of that, a lot of these complaints about police conduct, full reports are rarely made public," Gullixon said. "The question is ultimately what will come of that and how much will people know of what actually transpired."
So by that statement I guess the BEST way to protect a fellow officer in case like this is NOT to investigate. Because once an officer has Witness statements or Forensics Trajectory Reports he is bound by law to submit that as evidence. But if the question never is asked, the statement is never taken, or the Forensics work never performed it may be bad police work but its "No Harm / No Foul" - its not illegal. And no one will ever know WOW |
Posted by FreakinDJ | Wed Oct 30, 2013, 06:30 AM (10 replies)
More Than 1,000 Attend Andy Lopez Protest Rally in Santa Rosa
Posted by FreakinDJ | Tue Oct 29, 2013, 11:02 PM (9 replies)
Could you immagine if a 2nd Amendment Type had been shot
Posted by FreakinDJ | Tue Oct 29, 2013, 11:29 AM (5 replies)
Excellent article about Andy Lopez shooting
Posted by FreakinDJ | Tue Oct 29, 2013, 10:30 AM (18 replies)
Witnesses recount deputy fatally shooting Santa Rosa teen
Posted by FreakinDJ | Mon Oct 28, 2013, 06:29 AM (36 replies)
Annonymous message to Sherrif / Shooter of 13yr old Andy Lopez
Posted by FreakinDJ | Sun Oct 27, 2013, 01:45 PM (3 replies)
Annonymous is joining in the Investigation of 13yr old Andy Lopez Shooting
Posted by FreakinDJ | Sun Oct 27, 2013, 12:43 PM (2 replies)
A death that drives us to our knees
A death that drives us to our knees
But as with so many people who have been participating in vigils and marches in Santa Rosa since Tuesday, I'm also having a hard time understanding why the deputy felt so threatened that he had to pull the trigger — eight times. After all, it was not as if they had evidence that this suspicious person with his back to them presented a clear and present danger. He was not walking toward a crowd of people. The deputies were not responding to a report of a dangerous person firing an assault weapon in the area. Residents of that area in fact are used to seeing young men with airsoft rifles roaming the open fields. Andy was killed beside a large undeveloped lot where, in the spring, the grass grows so tall that it's a fun place for children to run and hide — and play with BB guns. Were the officers not familiar with that? http://www.petaluma360.com/article/20131027/OPINION/131029669/-1/PT07?p=1&tc=pg 
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Posted by FreakinDJ | Sun Oct 27, 2013, 09:37 AM (3 replies)
Police Fired At Teen After He Was On The Ground, Says Witness
Andy Lopez Shooting: Police Fired At Teen After He Was On The Ground, Says Witness
Santa Rosa Police say two deputies who shot and killed a 13-year-old boy carrying a toy rifle only fired at the boy as he stood holding what they thought was a real assault weapon. But one resident of the neighborhood where the shooting took place has now stepped forward with a different story. In an interview with KTVU-TV, Ethan Oliver says he witnessed officers fire shots into Andy Lopez after the teen had fallen to the ground. Oliver lives across the street from the field where the shooting took place in Santa Rosa, Calif. He says he walked outside after hearing two gun shots and saw Lopez already on the ground. "Then the cops went at it again and unloaded like 6 to 7 shots,” Oliver said. KTVU asked him "if he meant that the deputy shot Lopez while he was on the ground." And Oliver stuck to his claim, stating that was "exactly what I saw." Authorities haven't yet responded to Oliver's statement http://www.ibtimes.com/andy-lopez-shooting-police-fired-teen-after-he-was-ground-says-witness-1441020 |
Posted by FreakinDJ | Sat Oct 26, 2013, 10:31 PM (7 replies)