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Salinas Police Silent After Fourth Officer Involved Killing

by Monterey County Police News
A man shot by Salinas Police this morning, July 10, at around 5am, died. Frank Alvarado, 40, was killed in this morning's officer involved shooting, which occurred in East Salinas at Beverly Drive and Fairview Avenue. This is the fourth officer involved killing by the Salinas Police Department in 2014.
Chief McMillin of the Salinas Police Department isn't releasing any information about the killing and is leaving that to the Monterey County District Attorney.

The SPD press release issued on July 10 states:

"Media Availability re: Investigation of Officer Involved Shooting

"Salinas Police Officers were involved in a shooting this morning at about 5:00AM. Chief McMillin has requested that the Monterey County District Attorney investigate this shooting. Any questions regarding the shooting should be directed to District Attorney Dean Flippo at 831-755-5470.

"Chief McMillin will be available to answer questions regarding this process this morning, July 10 at 11:00AM in the City Hall Rotunda."

http://www.salinaspd.com/content/media-availability-re-investigation-officer-involved-shooting
§DA "unable" to provide details
by Monterey County Police News
From the Monterey County Weekly:

"UPDATE (12:50pm): District Attorney Dean Flippo identified the man as Frank Alvarado, who was 39 or 40 years old. Flippo said officers responded to a civilian calling in a complaint, though he was unable to provide details as to the nature of the complaint or the subsequent deadly encounter."

http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/da-investigates-fourth-fatal-salinas-police-officer-involved-shooting-this/article_c7af3fc8-0860-11e4-83ce-0017a43b2370.html


From the Californian:

"Flippo couldn’t say whether Alvarado, who is either 39 or 40 years old, was armed or what he was doing."

http://www.thecalifornian.com/story/news/local/2014/07/10/da-investigate-fourth-officer-involved-fatality/12490973/
§¡¡Frank Alvarado, Siempre Sin Barras!!
by "You will have your hell ..."
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Frank Alvarado speaking in Santa Cruz on May 14, 2014. Screenshot from video by Alex Darocy.

Increases in Prison and Jail Spending in Governor's Revised Budget Opposed in Santa Cruz
by Alex Darocy
Thursday May 15th, 2014

Residents and representatives of community organizations in Santa Cruz rallied outside of the court house on May 14 to voice their strong opposition to the Governor's May revise budget, which calls for an increase in spending for jail and prison expansion. According to Californians United for A Responsible Budget (CURB), spending on corrections in the state will rise 2.9%, and total spending on prisons will top $12 billion if the budget revision is adopted. Similar rallies were also held in San Francisco, Bakersfield, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego.

[Video: Courtney Hanson of Sin Barras, Tash Nguyen of Sin Barras, former inmate Frank Alvarado (at 3:55 - 4:50), Simba Kenyatta of the NAACP, and Willow of Sin Barras speak.]

[S]peaking at the rally was Frank Alvarado, a former inmate who described making it through eleven years of "hell" while incarcerated. He cautioned that building more prisons at the sacrifice of schools and parks would lead to devastating results for California.

"You will have your hell if you build those prisons," he said.

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/05/15/18755833.php
§DA provides details today: Two officers fired
by via Monterey County Weekly
Monterey County District Attorney Flippo provided details of the killing today. Salinas Police say they received a report Alvarado was threatening his family in an attempt to "commit suicide by cop". They were also made aware over an emergency call that Alvarado was on meth and that he was threatening to "commit suicide by cop" by holding a cell phone like it was a gun. When they arrived he did that and police say two officers fired, finding the cell phone after shooting him.

From the Monterey County Weekly:

"Two officers fired, and Alvarado was transported to Natividad Medical Center, where he died."

"Flippo said he is not aware of any non-lethal attempts to stop Alvarado other than verbal command."

http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/first-details-emerge-about-the-salinas-police-shooting-death-of/article_b0a2eb5a-094f-11e4-a14c-001a4bcf6878.html
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by G
Where are the parties responsible for these murders?

What can be done to stop the SPD crime wave?

Why are present deterents completely ineffective?

When will this grave problem be resolved and the populace feel safe?
"Convicted felon righteously killed by cop who feared for his life."

We've all seen it so many times, anyone could write this for the SPD public relations department. You know it's coming.

And then shitheads from the Salinas Californian will dutifully pass it on almost verbatim to do their part to cover up police murder.
by J Edgar
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Are the officers doing the killing average beat cops or are they 'special' in some other way than being killers?

I'm SPECIFICALLY THINKING of the fully militarized, fusion center connected, FEDERALIZED, Salinas Gang Intelligence Unit.
by The Media
According to local tv news people, Alvarado had told his family he "would not go back to prison" and that he would "challenge" officers. He was wanted for a parole violation. The day he was killed, he tried to set his grandmother's house on fire. That was the call, according to the DA, officers were responding to when they encountered him. The DA told the media the officers ordered him to drop the object-later discovered to be a cell phone-and to stop advancing on them. He didn't follow orders and ended up being shot and killed. While the DA said he couldn't "get into Alvarado's mind" the incident appeared possibly to be "suicide by cop."
by Monterey County Weekley
First details emerge about the Salinas Police shooting death of Frank Alvarado.


Posted: Friday, July 11, 2014 4:04 pm

by David Schmalz and Sara Rubin


In the early morning hours Thursday leading up to his shooting death by police, Frank Alvarado broke into his grandfather's house and lit the curtains on fire with a butane torch. The small fire spread to a sofa.

Family members called 911, and Salinas police officers responded. They found Alvarado hiding behind a car, and a deadly encounter ensued, leaving Alvarado dead.

The first details about the circumstances leading up to the fourth Salinas Police officer-involved shooting of the year emerged Friday afternoon, when District Attorney Dean Flippo spoke to reporters.

Flippo's bureau of investigations is the lead investigator into the incident, after Salinas Police Chief Kelly McMillin asked the DA to take over early Thursday.

Family members called 911 shortly after 5am Thursday, and told the operator that Alvarado had violated his parole by using meth and had warned the family he wasn’t going back to prison.

"He had stated to others he would not only resist—he would use a cell phone to simulate a weapon," should officers apprehend him for a parole violation, Flippo said.

Flippo added that police officers were apprised that Alvarado had a prior felony conviction involving attempted murder with a firearm, and that he was on parole and would resist being apprehended.

Police readily found Alvarado hiding behind a car. Flippo said he failed to respond to a police command to surrender and put his hands on his head.

Alvarado then uttered "an expletive, a challenge" and rushed the officers "in a shooting posture, a shooting position, both hands together, and he appeared to have some kind of object in his hands," Flippo said.

That object turns out to have been a cell phone.

Two officers fired, and Alvarado was transported to Natividad Medical Center, where he died.

Flippo said he is not aware of any non-lethal attempts to stop Alvarado other than verbal command.

The investigation continues as DA investigators await laboratory and toxicology results, and continue interviewing family members and friends.

Alvarado's grandfather's home had been boarded up early Friday, with a plywood board over the front door. Fruit and partially eaten cake were left on the kitchen counter.

The sign on the front door reads, "Danger! Structure Unstable do not enter."

The family had filed an insurance claim for vandalism, reporting two entrances were broken into.

Alvarado had been released about a year ago from serving 10 years of an 11-year prison sentence for attempted murder.



http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/first-details-emerge-about-the-salinas-police-shooting-death-of/article_b0a2eb5a-094f-11e4-a14c-001a4bcf6878.html
by Razer Ray
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