Police Brutality Rally Video

why is this stuff still shocking after so many lifetimes of the same? thanks for putting this up, it was very powerful.

here are some articles from the Modesto Bee on the case:

http://www.modbee.com/metro/story/0,1113,196099,00.html

http://www.modbee.com/opinion/letters/story/1,1270,196335,00.html

http://www.modbee.com/metro/story/0,1113,196539,00.html

A Modesto Residents Opinion:

Conflicting information
I am extremely upset regarding the recent shooting of 11-year-old Alberto Sepulveda. This tragedy is heartbreaking. What concerns me equally is the way the Modesto Police Department is attempting to e
(Published: Sunday, September 24, 2000)

Most disturbing is the conflicting information being distributed to the general public. The police have stated a drug trafficking investigation has been ongoing since January 1999, and yet, they didn't know there were children in the home. I was under the impression that is what surveillance and confirmation of information was for. They have stated Mr. Sepulveda is an alleged conspirator in drug trafficking; yet a judge released him on a $20,000 bail bond.

Moreover, using the deceased child's height and weight as an excuse to these events is reprehensible. The child was complying with all police orders and was on the ground at the time of the shooting. My heart and prayers are with the police officer involved and the family of the deceased. This horrible burden and memory will be carried by all involved for the rest of their lives.

Unlike others, I am not so quick to convict a person without a trial. From what I have ascertained, Mr. Sepulveda supports his family through his auto repair business. Because this man unfortunately used the word "stereo" during conversations to a stereo shop, this makes this man a drug trafficker and the raid justified?

I find no justification in women and children being forced to the floor with guns to their heads. Whether Mr. Sepulveda is a drug trafficker or not is academic. You do not endanger the lives of the innocent to arrest one person. In recent years, up and down this valley, there have been too many police raids that have resulted in a misinformation or wrong addresses. I sincerely hope the Sepulveda family run -- and don't walk -- to the closest competent attorney. Perhaps, if the city of Modesto and the Modesto Police Department paid out the big bucks a time or two, these kinds of tragedies won't be repeated.

THERESE D. ZIRKLE

Modesto, Sept. 20.