Family Of Latino Teen Killed By Undercover Cops Will Sue
Family Of Latino Teen Killed By Undercover Cops Will Sue
*This case has been obscured by cribbed speeches and political circuses. Nineteen year-old Pedro Villanueva was shot and killed by undercover California Highway Patrol officers. The police shooting happened when […]
Police will not face charges in Pasco shooting death of Mexican man
*It’s been seven months since the fatal shooting in Pasco, Washington. Franklin County prosecutor Shawn Sant says the police officers actions were “reasonable under the standards established in our state laws.” […]
Video Suggests Latino Suspect in San Antonio Shooting Had Hands Raised When Shot
*The sheriff’s version of the incident is that the victim, who they say had harmed an 18 month-old child and a woman, resisted arrest. VL By Ashley Southall and Many […]
Prosecutor reviewing report on police shooting of unarmed Pasco man
*The report took nearly four months to complete, and the county prosecutor says he’ll release it after he’s reviewed it and concluded if the evidence warrants a trial. VL By […]
Prosecutor expects police report on fatal police shooting of Pasco man
*There’s a pending coronor’s inquest which will determine the official cause and manner of Antonio Zambrano-Montez’s death. The inquest jury will also decide if the shooting was justifiable. VL By […]
Attorney Says Dashcam May Be Doctored After Grapevine Officer No-Billed
*What’s the story?: The latest grand jury decision regarding the police shooting of an unarmed Latino. Why it’s important: Grapevine, Texas, police officer Robert Clark was no-billed for the killing […]
Latinos ‘in solidarity’ with African Americans in Baltimore
*The Latino commuity in Baltimore has doubled over the last ten years. Latinos are now roughly 5% of the population. VL By Nicole Acevedo, MSNBC The Latino community in Baltimore is responding […]
Family of unarmed Latino man killed by Long Beach police want federal probe
*With all the attention going to the events in Baltimore, this incident has gone mostly unnoticed. It happened on April 21, and police say they believed 19 year-old Hector Morejon […]
“Not Counting Mexicans or Indians”: The Many Tentacles of State Violence Against Black-Brown-Indigenous Communities
By Roberto Rodriguez, NewsTaco “They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds.” – Popul Vuh Between my eyes, I bear a scar in the shape of […]
Neo-Nazis Blitz Vigils for Immigrant Killed by Cops
*This is alarming, to a point. It’s also surreal, to another point. Nazi’s in Pasco? Putting flyers on windsheilds? Franklin Roosevelt said “I ask you to judge me by the enemies […]