JUSTICE FOR ELIUTH NAVA PENALOZAIn 2018, Eliuth Nava Penaloza was sitting in his truck, under the in
JUSTICE FOR ELIUTH NAVA PENALOZAIn 2018, Eliuth Nava Penaloza was sitting in his truck, under the influence of drugs and hallucinating. His parents called 911 to get him help, as they were worried that he had been acting strangely and arguing with a brother. In doing so, they mentioned that Eliuth seemed to have a knife and a gun in his truck. When Officers Sean Staymates and Kevin Pedersen arrived, Eliuth drove off, leading to a short chase. Officers claim that they saw Eliuth grab a handgun and point it at them, so they fired at him a total of 76 times in the middle of a busy residential neighborhood. At least 9 bullets hit Eliuth, killing him. Bullets fired by the officers also struck at least one building, a car and a tree. The gun found in Eliuth’s vehicle was only an air pistol. This was an absurdly egregious amount of force against an unarmed man who never fired back, and during the incident officers directly put residents at risk. Civil courts have agreed that the officers’ actions were ridiculous enough to rule in Eliuth’s family’s favor, and the Anaheim Police Department fired Pedersen, who fired most of the shots during the incident.However, this is not enough. It is unconscionable that Staymates and Pedersen have not faced criminal charges for killing an innocent man. Allowing the police to kill with impunity puts our neighborhoods at risk. (Anaheim, CA)Please join us in demanding justice for Eliuth and other victims of police violence!✊SEND EMAILS FOR ELIUTH ✊tinyurl.com/Email4Eliuth -- source link
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