On the way, he drew the attention of passersby, one of whom called 911 to report that Nieto appeared to be carrying a gun. The officer said he mistook the pellet gun Lopez was carrying for an AK-47 assault rifle – circumstances that were hauntingly familiar to those surrounding the death of Tamir Rice, a Black child who was 12 when he was shot by Cleveland police in 2105 after being spotted with a pellet gun. Lopez was shot 7 times. Gelhaus was cleared of all charges.Īlex Nieto was 28 the night he walked to the top of a hill in San Francisco’s Bernal Heights neighborhood to eat a burrito. The death of Andy Lopez, who was 13 when he was killed by a Sonoma county sheriff’s deputy, Erick Gelhaus, in 2013, ignited protest and community outrage. That don’t make him a criminal.” Working toward real changeīetween 20, Latinos in California made up 39% of the population but represented 46% of deadly police shootings – the second most disproportionate behind the rates for African Americans, according to an analysis from CalMatters. “He was a product of the streets like all of us are, a product of his environment,” she said. Photograph: Ben Margot/APĪmanda Majail-Blanco, Salgado’s sister, told supporters on Monday, “Erik was a good daddy, he was a good brother, he was a good primo, a good dad.” Looting is not a justification for deadly force,” said Burris.įelina Ramirez, center, and Farid Majail, right, the mother and step-father of Erik Salgado, rally in front of Highland hospital in Oakland. “We’ve seen this too often where a potential looter has been shot and killed under very, very questionable circumstances. John Burris, a civil rights attorney who is representing Salgado’s family, said he is still investigating the shooting, including what prompted officers to open fire and whether the car was stolen. She survived, but family members said she was shot in the stomach and miscarried.ĬHP has released few details about the shooting and its circumstances, raising questions among Salgado’s friends and family about the agency’s account. Salgado died at the scene and Columbo, who was four months pregnant, was wounded and taken to the hospital. He liked video games and soccer and had plans for the future.ĬHP said its officers on Saturday were attempting to conduct a traffic stop after spotting a red Dodge Challenger that had been flagged stolen from a nearby dealership that was hit by looters. Officers told Salgado and his girlfriend Brianna Colombo to exit the vehicle, according to the statement, at which point Salgado began “ramming CHP vehicles”. Always asking what his nephews needed, said his cousin.
On Monday, friends and family at his vigil recalled what they’ll miss about him: he was a good father to his three-year-old daughter, said his stepdad, Farid Majail. Salgado’s life came to an end just blocks away from the middle school in east Oakland he attended as a teenager. But we’ve got our own martyrs.” ‘Questionable circumstances’ “Latinos and Black communities have a common pain, a common oppression.
“It’s important not to get caught up in the trap of oppression Olympics and compare our oppression against other groups”, said George Galvis, executive director of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (Curyj), an organization that supports youth impacted by incarceration. Latino community activists say they hear their own stories echoed in the demand for an end to police brutality, with Salgado’s name only the most recent hashtag in a long and growing list of Latinos killed by police – cases that don’t always generate widespread media coverage. Sean Monterrosa was killed by Vallejo police.
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