Los Angeles Police kills a 14 -year -old girl with a lost bullet during a shooting
New case of police abuse
Valentina was shopping with her mother to celebrate her 15th birthday, the 'Quinceañera', a very important age ceremony in Latin America and among some Hispanic communities in the United States.
Human Rights Associations and the girl's own family have shown their outrage, so they consider another case of police abuse.They claim that there were 11 police officers and that they could have reduced the aggressor, who was not even armed.According to local media, no firearm was found in possession of the suspect, a 24 -year -old man who had already been accused of domestic violence, and that it is believed that he used a heavy metal lock to hit his victim.
Lulac, one of the main Spanish -American civil rights organizations, has strongly criticized the conditions in which the police intervened: "It is unacceptable that the Los Angeles police have been able to open fire in a crowded store of people in full Christmas shopping timeWithout knowing for sure if the suspect was armed, "said Lulac president, Domingo García.
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The family of the deceased girl has hired Benjamin Crump, the lawyer who managed to make several agents convicted of killing African -American George Floyd.So far this year more than 1.000 people have died at the hands of the police in the United States.
