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“Why you didn t prosecute this police,” Carolino said. “Is that justified? Killing someone - shot seven times.”
Members of the caravan said Dennis case is just the tip of the iceberg. They point to the District Attorney s report from 2019 that documented 25 years of officer-involved shootings in San Diego County. More than 450 people were shot by law enforcement. Not a single officer who fired their weapon while on duty was arrested.
“The demand is for her to prosecute rogue officers who have killed, brutally murdered, while wearing their badges,” said caravan organizer Buki Domingos.
The District Attorney s office issued a statement saying in part, “When the evidence and facts support criminal charges in a use-of-force incident, we file them, as we did last summer against a former Sheriff s deputy charged with murder.”