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Title: ‘It Could Happen to Anyone’: Family of Man Fatally Shot by Off-Duty LAPD Officer at Corona Costco Speaks Out
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KTLA-5
URL Source: https://ktla.com/2019/08/26/parents ... at-corona-costco-speaking-out/
Published: Aug 26, 2019
Author: Kristina Bravo and Carlos Saucedo
Post Date: 2019-08-28 06:06:53 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 980
Comments: 16
The family members of a man fatally shot by an off-duty Los Angeles police officer at a Corona Costco publicly spoke out Monday for the first time since the June 14 incident. Russell and Paola French, who were also shot, and their other son, Kevin French, pushed for the release of the store surveillance video that captured the shooting that killed 32-year-old Kenneth French, who had schizophrenia. Kenneth, Paola and Russell French appear in a photo released by Juris Productions on Aug. 26, 2019. Kenneth French struck Salvador Sanchez from behind as the officer fed his toddler son some samples, Sanchez's attorney previously said. French's parents said they informed Sanchez, who identified himself as an officer, that their son had an intellectual disability. “After hearing Officer [Salvador] Sanchez identify himself as a police officer, I begged and told him not to shoot,” Russell French said. “I said, ‘We have no guns, and my son is sick.’ He still shot. I thought people don’t do that.” The couple sustained gunshot wounds to the back, indicating that that "they were not facing in Officer Sanchez’ direction at the time they were shot," a statement from the firm representing the family said. Kenneth French also had his back to the officer when he was struck multiple times, family attorney Dale Galipo said. “Not only did we lose our first-born son, my husband and I sustained injuries that will impact our lives forever,” Paola French said in tears. A Riverside Superior Court judge has blocked the release of surveillance video that captured the incident, LAPD announced earlier in August. In addition to that footage, a shopper recorded video of the ordeal, Galipo said. In that clip, which could not be released to the public yet, the officer's wife is heard asking Sanchez what he had done, saying he shot an entire family, the lawyer claimed. “It could happen to anyone,” Kenneth French’s younger brother, Kevin, said of the shooting. The brother also expressed outrage that authorities let Sanchez leave the scene without detaining him. The officer also returned to the store the next day and was allowed to watch the surveillance video before making his statement to authorities, Kevin French said. Spokesman Joshua Rubenstein said the LAPD did not plan to release a statement following the family's news conference on Monday. Sanchez remained "assigned home" amid the ongoing investigation, Rubenstein said. Poster Comment: Sanchez remained "assigned home" amid the ongoing investigation, Rubenstein said. If Sanchez was just an average citizen whod shot and killed a mentally disabled man, shooting his parents in the process, do you think he would be sitting comfortably in his home. Do you think he'd be allowed to go back to the "scene of the crime" to view the video before talking to the cops?. This is how the justice system works in police state Amerika - one set of laws for the cops, giving them special treatment — and another set of laws for the serfs.
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#16. To: Deckard, Gatlin (#0)
I think this case is ambiguous. It sounds like this wasn't the first time the schizo son had struck someone. If so, the parents should not have taken him out in public. OTOH, unless he was really assaulting an officer, he shouldn't have gotten shot. He should have been taken into custody. Very few schizos are actually dangerous or capable of any real physical violence against a trained cop. Nice paid vacation for the schizo-shooting cop. Full-time pay and benefits at home for months and all he had to do was shoot a helpless disorganized schizo on a pretext. If Sanchez was a real cop, he could have subdued this schizo in about 2 seconds flat. But he'd have to be a man to do that, not a despicable pussy with a badge.
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