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October 3, 2016

El Cajon, CA: Videos Released Showing Police Killing of Alfred Olango
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Police in the San Diego, California, suburb of El Cajon have released a
pair of videos showing the death of unarmed Ugandan refugee Alfred
Olango, who was killed by officers after his sister called 911 to report
her brother was having a mental breakdown. The first video, captured on
a security camera at a nearby restaurant, shows Olango confronted by El
Cajon police officer Richard Gonsalves, who approaches Olango with his
gun drawn. Olango is cornered near a parked pickup truck and a fence, as
officer Gonsalves follows, raising his gun. A second video, taken on a
cellphone camera, shows a second officer arriving on the scene and
aiming a Taser, as Olango's sister pleads with officers not to shoot her
brother.

Woman: "Officer, don't shoot him. Take your hands up! You're f******
standing with me."

Male Voice 1: "Keep your hands out of your-" [inaudible]

Woman: [Inaudible]

Male Voice 1: "You need to back up."

Male Voice 2: "Shut the f*** up."

Woman: [Inaudible]

[Four gunshots sound.]

Woman: [Screams.]

Police say Olango pulled an electronic cigarette and pointed it at
Officer Gonsalves, who mistook it for a gun and opened fire. Olango was
shot about 40 seconds after police arrived. No Psychiatric Emergency
Response Team was deployed, even though police knew the call was for a
mental health emergency, and it took police 50 minutes to arrive.
Protests continued throughout the weekend in El Cajon and in San Diego,
where demonstrators are calling for a federal probe into the killing.
Topics:Police Brutality California

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