The Barrio Defense Committee (BDC) has called for a vigil to protest the May 27th police killing of Samuel Martinez, who was a 34 year-old father of two children. Martinez was tasered, shot, and killed by a San Jose police officer early last Friday morning. in the 2000 block of Countrywalk Circle in North San Jose. The BDC says, "We make a call for a Vigil because too many people have been killed by the San Jose Police unnecessarily.... too many people from the Mexican community have been killed by the San Jose Police, such as Victor Duran, Danny Duran who had his hands up, Robert Treviño, 23-year old Jose Perez Flores. We make a call for this Vigil because people cannot be killed over reasons that can be dealt with verbally without force or violence." The vigil will be held on Saturday, June 4th, 2005 at 3:00 p.m., at the corner of Countrywalk Circle and Creekside Drive in North San Jose. Read more