Month: February 2016

Second autopsy affirms Amilcar was shot in the back by police

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According to the San Francisco Examiner, the Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed what eye-witnesses, community member’s, and the Perez-Lopez family’s lawyers have been saying for a year.

A second autopsy of a young Guatemalan immigrant who was shot dead one year ago today by San Francisco police appears to contradict Police Chief Greg Suhr’s initial claims about the shooting.

The autopsy, conducted by the Medical Examiner’s Office and obtained Thursday by the San Francisco Examiner, mirrors the findings of an independent autopsy conducted after Amilcar Perez Lopez, 20, was fatally shot by officers in the Mission district on Feb. 26, 2015.

 

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Attorney Arnoldo Casillas revealing the results of the independent autopsy in April 2015

Suhr told the public soon after the shooting that Perez Lopez was lunging at two plainclothes police officers with a knife when they shot him. 

However, that claim was apparently contradicted last April by an independent autopsy, which showed Perez Lopez had been shot four times in the back, once through the arm and again through the backside of his head.

The City’s autopsy reflects that account.

See the full story here.

 

One-year Anniversary of Amilcar’s Killing by SFPD

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On February 26, 2015, Amilcar was shot six times to the back by SFPD.

As investigations continue, and demands for intervention by the Federal Justice Department escalate, we remember this young immigrant and his family in Guatemala — in poetry, prayer, dance, a candle-lit vigil and march, and a clear demand for justice and an end to police violence.

Join us Friday, February 26, 2016 at 5pm at Folsom St. between 25th and 24th St.

Among those joining us: the Danzantes Xitlali and other Bay Area faith leaders, Supervisors David Campos and Malia Cohen, Mission youth leaders, Labor leaders, leaders from the Mario Woods and Alex Nieto Coalitions, and many others.

We’ll begin with a vigil at the site of Amilcar’s shooting (Folsom between 24th and 25th), and then march to Mission Police Station. Afterwards, a free community dinner at St. John’s at 15th and Julian (between Valencia and Mission).

RSVP on Facebook HERE.

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