Latino Groups Plan Protest, Vigil and March to Mark two Months Since Pasco Police Shooting
*Latino community organizations in Pasc, Washington, have been relentless in their organizing and in their calls for an independent investigation into the shooting of Antonio Zambrano-Montez. Pasco police shot and killed Zambrano on February 10, and the community organizations have been asking for a federal investigation to lead the case. We don’t want this shooting, or the Pasco commuity’s actions to get diluted then forgottn in the daily flood of news and information. VL
PASCO, WA – It’s been nearly two months since police officers shot and killed a man in Pasco.
[Last night] several Latino groups gathered at the site of the shooting and talked about plans for a march for justice for the man killed, 35 year old Antonio Zambrano.People from the Washington Dream Act Coalition, and MEChA say they are unhappy with Governor Jay Inslee’s decision not to direct the state attorney general to appoint a special prosecutor in the February 10th police shooting.
They say that decision leaves the investigation in the hands of entities with conflicts of interest.
The groups are planning a vigil and a march this Friday and Saturday.
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