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Justice4EverardoTorres !
2 1/2 years later, the Family of Everardo Torres, murdered by Officer Marcie Noriega in Madera on 10-27-02, is still crying out of justice
Seeking collaborations from Ocober 22 Against Police Brutality Coalition, Group Azteca & Hermandad Mexicana Latino Americana, Idriss Stelley Foundation has launched a new website:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Justice4Everado/
Everardo Torres, known as "Lalo", was murdered by Madera PD Officer Maricela AKA Marcie Noriega on 10-27-02, "mistakingly" shooting Lalo in the chest instead of using her taser gun. Impossible. The Gun is at waist level, taser at thigh level; The taser has a safety devise that needs to be released, to prevent being seized by a potential assaillant, such "mistake" cannot be made ! Yet, the Attorney General refused to conduct a federal investigation, and the Torres family is still awaiting PD, DA, Autopsy Reports, 2 1/2 years after the shooting...
Justice4EverardoTorres is meant to gather support for the Torres Family, and mobilize a protest in front of Fresno Court Building were the case will be heard on August 8th, 2005. Sadly, Fresno jurisdiction system is the epitome of Latino repression and criminalization in California... The Torres family urgently need our support !
(Extract from Madera Online):
<http://www.maderaonline.com/news/image/oi-shooting/homepgfr2.jpg>
Family Asks Attorney General to Conduct Investigation into Madera Handcuffed Killing
Family's
Madera ? The family of Everardo Torres, who was shot and killed by a Madera police officer on Sunday evening, has asked California Attorney General Bill Lockyer to conduct an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding Everardo?s death.
Everardo, or ?Lalo? as he was known to his family and friends, was at a party at an apartment complex when police were called at around 8:15 p.m. on Sunday, 10-27-02. Lalo was apparently arrested for resisting arrest, a misdemeanor. His hands were handcuffed behind his back and he was placed in the back seat of a police car. At some point Lalo allegedly began to kick the window of the police car, apparently because his handcuffs were too tight and he was asking that they be loosened. At that point, an officer from the Madera Police Department opened the door to the police car, and shot Lalo in the chest, killing him. News reports of the incident indicate that the officer claims she thought she meant to shoot Lalo with a taser stun gun, and not her Glock 23 handgun.
The family has retained Arturo J. González, a partner with the law firm of Morrisn & Foerster in San Francisco, to assist them. González, a 1985 graduate of Harvard Law School, has represented families in a number of high profile cases in the Central Valley. In 1993, González obtained a $1.45 million verdict on behalf of four Dinuba women who were unlawfully strip-searched following their arrest at a school board meeting. Then, in 1999, González obtained a $12.5 million verdict for the family of a farm worker who was shot and killed by Dinuba police officers during a botched SWAT raid. Earlier this year, González settled a case for $3 million involving an eleven year old Modesto boy who was shot and killed in his home by a member of the Modesto Police Department. Also this year, he settled a case for $1.95 million involving a 79 year-old Fresno man who was struck and killed by a city vehicle. .
?This shooting is unbelievable,? said González. ?How can a police officer confuse his or her handgun for a taser? The handgun is made of metal, the taser is made of plastic; the handgun weights twice as much as the taser; and the taser has large yellow markings on the side of the weapon.? Even more troubling, said González, is that the officer was trying to use the taser in the first place. ?Why would you send 50,000 volts of electricity through a person who is already in police custody and handcuffed behind his back??
The family is hopeful that the Attorney General will conduct his own, separate investigation. ?The family questions whether the local district attorney can fairly investigate this case, given how closely his office works with the Madera Police Department,? said González.
Lalo Torres was 22 years old. He was an up and coming boxer, who had recently fought in his second professional match.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Justice4Everado/
Everardo Torres, known as "Lalo", was murdered by Madera PD Officer Maricela AKA Marcie Noriega on 10-27-02, "mistakingly" shooting Lalo in the chest instead of using her taser gun. Impossible. The Gun is at waist level, taser at thigh level; The taser has a safety devise that needs to be released, to prevent being seized by a potential assaillant, such "mistake" cannot be made ! Yet, the Attorney General refused to conduct a federal investigation, and the Torres family is still awaiting PD, DA, Autopsy Reports, 2 1/2 years after the shooting...
Justice4EverardoTorres is meant to gather support for the Torres Family, and mobilize a protest in front of Fresno Court Building were the case will be heard on August 8th, 2005. Sadly, Fresno jurisdiction system is the epitome of Latino repression and criminalization in California... The Torres family urgently need our support !
(Extract from Madera Online):
<http://www.maderaonline.com/news/image/oi-shooting/homepgfr2.jpg>
Family Asks Attorney General to Conduct Investigation into Madera Handcuffed Killing
Family's
Madera ? The family of Everardo Torres, who was shot and killed by a Madera police officer on Sunday evening, has asked California Attorney General Bill Lockyer to conduct an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding Everardo?s death.
Everardo, or ?Lalo? as he was known to his family and friends, was at a party at an apartment complex when police were called at around 8:15 p.m. on Sunday, 10-27-02. Lalo was apparently arrested for resisting arrest, a misdemeanor. His hands were handcuffed behind his back and he was placed in the back seat of a police car. At some point Lalo allegedly began to kick the window of the police car, apparently because his handcuffs were too tight and he was asking that they be loosened. At that point, an officer from the Madera Police Department opened the door to the police car, and shot Lalo in the chest, killing him. News reports of the incident indicate that the officer claims she thought she meant to shoot Lalo with a taser stun gun, and not her Glock 23 handgun.
The family has retained Arturo J. González, a partner with the law firm of Morrisn & Foerster in San Francisco, to assist them. González, a 1985 graduate of Harvard Law School, has represented families in a number of high profile cases in the Central Valley. In 1993, González obtained a $1.45 million verdict on behalf of four Dinuba women who were unlawfully strip-searched following their arrest at a school board meeting. Then, in 1999, González obtained a $12.5 million verdict for the family of a farm worker who was shot and killed by Dinuba police officers during a botched SWAT raid. Earlier this year, González settled a case for $3 million involving an eleven year old Modesto boy who was shot and killed in his home by a member of the Modesto Police Department. Also this year, he settled a case for $1.95 million involving a 79 year-old Fresno man who was struck and killed by a city vehicle. .
?This shooting is unbelievable,? said González. ?How can a police officer confuse his or her handgun for a taser? The handgun is made of metal, the taser is made of plastic; the handgun weights twice as much as the taser; and the taser has large yellow markings on the side of the weapon.? Even more troubling, said González, is that the officer was trying to use the taser in the first place. ?Why would you send 50,000 volts of electricity through a person who is already in police custody and handcuffed behind his back??
The family is hopeful that the Attorney General will conduct his own, separate investigation. ?The family questions whether the local district attorney can fairly investigate this case, given how closely his office works with the Madera Police Department,? said González.
Lalo Torres was 22 years old. He was an up and coming boxer, who had recently fought in his second professional match.
For more information:
http://<http://www.maderaonline.com/new...
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