When Freddie and Karina Palacios arrived at their brother’s grave, they swept away old flowers and placed fresh roses and daisies. Then, they looked at the things others left behind.
They’ve found skateboards. Bags of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Soccer and golf balls. A rubber toy snake, similar to his pet python that still lives in a tank in Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal’s room at his mom’s house. When the family gets to the gravesite, others are often there paying respects.
But on this Wednesday night, it was just them.
It had already been a long day, with multiple interviews about what happened in the year since their brother, Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal, was killed by Salt Lake City police, a shooting prosecutors later ruled legally justified.
Lynn Walker Gendusa is a writer in Georgia. She is originally from East Tennessee.
While recently thumbing through my old Tennessee and Georgia high school yearbooks, tears pooled in my eyes.
Yes, they were all there, young men with hope in their eyes and their youth on the edge of disappearing. I wonder what they would have accomplished in their lives if they had the promise of a future.
Would they laugh as I do at the silly antics of a grandchild? Would they still possess the impish grin the camera caught in the 60s?
Maybe Howard would have made it onto the big screen with his good looks. Perhaps Bobby would be a renowned physician today, and Larry would have climbed up the ranks in his beloved army before retiring to Florida.
Another death in the Sangamon County jail Sheriff Jack Campbell has a history of defending Taser use that s led to deaths and lawsuits. One question burns after the latest death at the local jail: Why have so many people
died under the noses of people employed by the Sangamon County sheriff s office? Say their names. Bobby Ray. Amon Paul Carlock. Maurice Burris. Pat Burns. Alonso Travis. Tiffany Rusher. And now, Jaimeson Daniel Cody, who died last week after being tased in the jail. Since 2007, there have been at least seven tragedies, three involving Tasers. That might not seem like many, given 14 years, but Sangamon County is not a big place.
Tribal Court Judgment Summary for April 14
14-40.31 False Imprisonment – Dismissed on Plea
14-40.62(a)(1) Simple Assault – Guilty, 30 days jail time suspended, 6 months probation, no contact with victim, credit for time served (19 days)
14-10.41 Breaking and Entering – Dismissed on Plea
14-10.9 Criminal Mischief to Property – Guilty, 90 days jail time suspended, 12 months probation, $180 restitution ordered
14.10.16 Second Degree Trespass – Guilty, 90 days jail time suspended, 12 months probation, $180 restitution ordered
14-40.62(a)(1) Simple Assault – Dismissed on Plea
Powell, Daymion Tenaycious.
14-30.6 Child Abuse in the Second Degree – Guilty, Judgment Continued, 6 months jail time suspended, credit for time served (130 days)
14-30.6 Child Abuse in the Second Degree – Dismissed on Plea