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DESCRIPTION:STOP THE PEDIE PEREZ KILLING COVER-UP!\nSPEAK OUT AT RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL 
 MEETING\n\nGather: 6:00pm, Tuesday, January 19, 2016\nRichmond City Hall 
 steps, 450 Civic Center Plaza\n\nOur goal: a mass speak-out during the 
 public comment period\n\n   Pedie Perez, 24, was shot dead by Richmond 
 Police Officer Wallace Jensen on September 14, 2014. As usual, the cop said 
 that Pedie had tried to take his gun, and he feared for his life. The DA 
 said that the killing was “justifiable.” Jensen is still on the 
 streets. But three witnesses and the store video show that Jensen had 
 backed up five or six feet with his gun still holstered and then shot 
 Pedie.\n\n   Citizen activists fighting for justice for Pedie Perez have 
 brought his case to the attention of Richmond City Council and stirred up 
 debate and controversy with their demand for an independent investigation 
 of the Perez killing.\n\n   Police Chief Magnus, DA Mark Peterson, and 
 Mayor Tom Butt have all tried to cover it up. They are blocking an 
 independent investigation; Magnus cites the so-called “Policemen's Bill 
 of Rights as an excuse.\n\n   Over fifteen months after Pedie's killing, 
 justice is still denied. The city, using an undemocratic technicality, 
 blocked an independent investigation proposed by a majority of the Richmond 
 Police Commission, denying justice to the Perez family.\n\n   We believe 
 that an independent investigation will confirm that Pedie was unarmed, 
 never posed any serious threat to Officer Jensen, and (as three witnesses 
 agree) had his hands in the air – a clear act of surrender – when 
 Jensen fired. No witnesses confirm Jensen's story that Pedie was going for 
 his gun as Pedie resisted handcuffing for being intoxicated.\n\n   The 
 liquor store video also shows that Jensen had total control over his gun 
 when he shot Pedie in the chest three times, killing him. This is an 
 unjustified killing.\n\n   This is a crucial juncture in the struggle 
 against trigger-happy cops, a struggle that has been spreading across the 
 nation.\nJoin us! Speak out locally in Richmond on this national issue!\n\n 
 “An Injury to One Is An Injury to All”\n\nThe Oscar Grant Committee was 
 born from the struggle for justice for Oscar Grant, murdered by BART police 
 on Jan 1, 2009. We organize working class resistance in support of families 
 whose loved ones were murdered by police.\n\nJoin us, our meetings are at 
 7:00 PM on the First Tuesday of every month at the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist 
 Library, 6501 Telegraph Avenue in North 
 Oakland\n\nwww.oscargrantcommittee.org  •  
 oscargrantcommittee.ogc@gmail.com\n\nAlso see the Perez Family website: 
 Justice4Pedie.com\n\n “Without Struggle There Is No Justice.”\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/01/08/18781608.php
SUMMARY:Stop the Pedie Perez Killing Cover-Up!
LOCATION:Richmond City Hall steps\n450 Civic Center Plaza\nRichmond, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/01/08/18781608.php
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