Feature hour-long podcast from National Public Radio on the shooting of 24 year old, unarmed Rick “Pedie” Perez by Rochmond PD officer Wallace Jensen.
Feature hour-long podcast from National Public Radio on the shooting of 24 year old, unarmed Rick “Pedie” Perez by Rochmond PD officer Wallace Jensen.
by Dennis J. Bernstein. The following three-part series reprinted with permission of WhoWhatWhy.org, an independent, nonprofit news site
Part 1 Police Brutality in Tucson
“Get on the f—ing ground!” cops yell.
“OK, OK, please,” Carlos Adrian Ingram-Lopez desperately pleads as he drops to all fours, naked, disoriented, and terrified in a darkened corner of his grandmother’s Tucson garage.
He wails and screams as three officers swoop down on him, forcing his face into the floor as they double handcuff his arms behind his back. He offers no resistance, apologizing, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry. I love everybody.” He cries out for his grandmother to help, “Nana, ayúdame! … Please give me some water. … I can’t breathe!”
Continue readingEl Show De Andres Rojo on KPFA talks with Open Vallejo, the local news site turning the Vallejo upside down with investigative reporting about the small city with such a high rate of police murders. Listen here.
KTVU coverage of Oakland vigil for people shot by the police features Rick Perez, father of Pedie Perez and Oscar Grant Committee member and Dorsey Nunn of All Of Us Or None.