Sunday, February 27, 2022

A short life cut short

It's been seven years since San Francisco police officers shot Amilcar Perez Lopez six times in the back. The young Guatemalan laborer may never have known who the men in street clothes were who ran up yelling at him in English. His wounds showed that he was running away when they fired at short range.

His remittances were the main support of his extended family back home. More of his story here.

No charges were brought against his killers. They stood secure outside the law.

A small stalwart group of activists gathered on Folsom Street where he was killed Saturday night to remember Amilcar and his family.

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