LA County Pays $5M to Family of Unarmed Latino Man Shot by police in 2012

*This is timely, given the Pasco shooting of Feb. 10 and the recent Walter Scott shooting in North Charlotte. VL

By Rodrigo Ugarte, Latino Post

The family of Jose de la Trinidad will receive a settlement worth millions of dollars from the Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles police officers shot an unarmed de la Trinidad dead during a routine traffic stop more than two years ago.

In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, April 7 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed to pay the de la Trinidad family $5.3 million for the shooting death of Jose de la Trinidad, 36, in November of 2012, according to the Los Angeles Times.

On that November night, de la Trinidad and his brother Francisco were returning from his niece’s quinceañera when officers Angel Grandes and Alexandro Gonzalez stopped them. De la Trinidad stepped out of the car and Francisco drove away in the car, according to a NBC Los Angeles report from 2013.

The officers allegedly opened fire on de la Trinidad believing his brother had handed the man a firearm, and, according to the officers, de la Trinidad reached for his waistband. The autopsy report found that de la Trinidad was shot seven times and was hit in the back. He died at the scene.

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