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Dad of Alfred Olango Files Lawsuit Against El Cajon, Calif., Cops in Son’s Death
The father of Alfred Olango, Richard Olango Abuka, filed a civil rights lawsuit in San Diego federal court earlier this week, accusing El Cajon, Calif., police of using excessive, deadly force against his son, who was shot and killed during an encounter last year, the San Diego Union Tribune reports. According to the report, the…
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El Cajon, Calif., Cop Who Fatally Shot Alfred Olango Won't Face Criminal Charges
The El Cajon, Calif., police officer who gunned down an unarmed black man who was apparently having a mental breakdown will not face criminal charges, the San Diego County (Calif.) District Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. “The law recognizes police officers are often forced to make split-second decisions in circumstances that…
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Father of Alfred Olango, Man Killed by Police, Creates Police-Reform Foundation
The father of a California man who was killed last month by El Cajon, Calif., police announced over the weekend that he has created a foundation for police reform, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Richard Olango announced Saturday that San Diego would be the headquarters of the Alfred Olango Justice and Unity Foundation, “for the whole…
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Protesters Sue El Cajon, Calif., Its Police Over Arrests at Alfred Olango Vigil
Several protesters who were arrested at a vigil for Alfred Olango in El Cajon, Calif., on Oct. 1 have filed a lawsuit, accusing police of violating their civil rights by wrongfully ordering them to disperse, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Protesters insist that the protest was peaceful and that they were only ordered to leave…
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Police Release #AlfredOlango Videos; Sister Heard Shrieking, ‘Don’t Shoot Him!’
El Cajon, Calif., police released two short videos of the shooting death of Alfred Olango, on Friday, “for the sake of the well-being of the community,” USA Today reports. One of the videos shows the unarmed black man backing away from a police officer before he was fatally shot Tuesday night. El Cajon Police Chief Jeff…
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#AlfredOlango Was in ‘Shooting Stance’ Aiming E-Cigarette When He Was Fatally Shot, Police Claim: Report
El Cajon, Calif., police say that the mentally ill African-American man who was shot and killed during a police encounter was in a “shooting stance” aiming an e-cigarette. According to NBC News, on Wednesday, 38-year-old Alfred Okwera Olango was killed after, police say, he took a shooting stance and aimed at officers what they later…
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Richard Gonsalves: El Cajon Police Officer Who Killed #AlfredOlango Identified
El Cajon police officer Richard Gonsalves has been identified as the officer who fatally shot Alfred Olango Tuesday afternoon after Olango’s sister called police for help because her brother was having a medical and mental health crisis. “I called three times for them to come help me,” Olango’s sister sobbed. “Nobody came; they said it’s not priority.”…
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#AlfredOlango: El Cajon, Calif., Police Aware Unarmed Black Man Was in Mental Distress Before They Fatally Shot Him
Updated Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, 2:17 a.m. EDT: According to activists on the ground in El Cajon, Calif., the Police Department informed media that it was aware its officers were responding to a “5150” call when Olango was killed. The name of the police officer who killed Olango has not been released. A 5150 call…