County endorses park for teen shot by deputy
Source: The Associated Press
Officials in a San Francisco Bay Area county where a sheriff's deputy shot and killed a 13-year-old boy have endorsed work on a memorial park for the slain teen and voted to add lapel cameras to deputies' uniforms.
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors supported the measures and other proposals intended to restore trust in law enforcement and local government in the wake of Andy Lopez's shooting at its meeting on Tuesday, The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa reported.
Lopez was shot and killed by Sonoma County sheriff's deputy Erick Gelhaus on Oct. 22 as the teen walked in a Santa Rosa neighborhood. Gelhaus told investigators he believed the BB gun Lopez was carrying was an assault rifle. There are no videos of the shooting.
The shooting has led to numerous protests in the mostly Latino community, including one on Tuesday outside a fundraiser for Sonoma County District Attorney Jill Ravitch. The District Attorney's Office will decide if Gelhaus should be charged criminally. Protesters say Gelhaus opened fire without ample warning and have demanded criminal charges.
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Slowly but surely the "Tide is Turning" in this horrible tragedy.
a couple days ago they voted to form a Citizen Review Board and now they are naming a new park after the poor child.
Appointments to be made in officer-involved shooting review task force
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/appointments-be-made-officer-involved-shooting-rev/nb9MK/
Ya think it might have some thing to do with the 5 Witnesses who claim the cop is lying
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