About a dozen neighbors stood vigil last night on Folsom Street at the site where Amilcar Perez Lopez was killed by San Francisco police. An excited officer pumped six shots into the back of the young Guatemalan construction worker; he may never have known who were these men in street clothes who ran up
yelling at him in English. His wounds showed that he was running away
when they fired at short range. A beer after work; then a murder.
His remittances were the main support of his extended family back home. No charges were brought against his killers. More here.
Once again, we remembered an irreplaceable young man who didn't have to die. His family received a small settlement from the city ... a cash settlement for life taken needlessly.
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