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A message from League of United Latin American Citizens

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California LULAC Demands
Probe By State Attorney General
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Nation’s Oldest and Largest Latino Civil Rights Organization Alleges Cover-up by
Vallejo Police in Shooting of Latino Suspect

Washington, DC - The California Chapter of the League of United Latin American
Citizens (LULAC) has sent a letter to Xavier Becerra, California State Attorney
General demanding an investigation into the shooting death of Sean Monterrosa on
June 2, 2020 when street protests were being seen nationwide following the
killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands of police.

“The law does not allow officers to act as judge, jury and executioners,” says
Yvonne Gonzalez - Duncan, State Director. “We call for an immediate investigation
into the shooting of Monterrosa at the hands of a repeat offending officer. We
need accountability now!" adds Gonzalez-Duncan.

In the letter to Becerra, LULAC states about Monterrosa’s shooting, “There are
compounding events regarding the apparent Vallejo Police Department cover-up and
withholding information from an incense public. The historical repeated shootings
by this Police Department’s officers, some with multiple instances, without
accountability is reason enough to have an independent investigation. The
insidious actions by the Vallejo Police Department engender community distrust of
any internal Police Department investigation.”

Leonard Gonzales, Chair of the California LULAC Civil Rights Task Force says a
delay is unacceptable. "The community's interest in saving lives now is a more
critical effort by the Attorney General's office than a protracted 3-year review
of the Vallejo Police Department undertaken in June 2020 before this horrendous
shooting of Mr. Monterrosa.”

Vallejo is the third deadliest city per capita in California when it comes to
officer involved shootings. Eighteen different shootings have taken place in the
last decade and not one officer has ever faced charges of excessive use of lethal
force.

“This 22-year old Latino with some other individuals in the middle of the night
was confronted by police outside a Walgreens that had been the target of
looters,” says Andres Rodriguez, National Vice-President for Young Adults. “We
call upon Attorney General Becerra to examine closely the Vallejo PD police
practices and hold them accountable for training their officers to de-escalate
situations before opening fire, especially from inside moving unmarked police
vehicles. Vallejo PD officers who open fire at citizens before de-escalation
efforts should be fired without paid leave and charged if the investigation shows
they used unnecessary lethal force,” concludes Rodriguez.

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About LULAC
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the nation’s largest and
oldest civil rights volunteer-based organization that empowers Hispanic Americans
and builds strong Latino communities. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with 1,000
councils around the United States and Puerto Rico, LULAC’s programs, services and
advocacy address the most important issues for Latinos, meeting critical needs of
today and the future. For more information, visit www.LULAC.org [ [link removed] ] .







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