Photo Credit: Courtesy of Fouzia Almarou (TheGuardian)
Petition: Link
Its purpose is to arrest Michael Robbins of Gardena Police Department for murdering Kenneth Ross Jr. Robbins shot Ross in the back while he was unarmed. The petition has almost met 85% of its goal, please help get justice!
Donation: Link
The GoFundMe's purpose has been met. Sadhia Ramirez, Kenneth Ross Jr's sister, raised enough money to have a funeral for him last month. However, the donation goal is only a little over 50% thus far. Please support if you are able!
Articles:
1. Family, activists demand criminal charges against officer who fatally shot man in Gardena by Eileen Frere, 22 January 2020
"Investigators said officers were originally responding to a shots fired call when they came across Ross running away. Police allege he failed to follow commands after he was ordered to stop several times. Ross died at the scene.
Investigators say officers did find a gun in Ross' pocket. Ross' family disputes that.
'They said he had a gun. We have the video of when he fell,' said the family's attorney Haytham Faraj. 'They then handcuff him to search him. They do search him. They find nothing." (Frere)
1. Hundreds dead, no one charged: the uphill battle against Los Angeles police killings by Sam Levin, 24 Aug 2018
“Mentally, I can’t even do nothing right now, but I’m gonna stay strong…I want to make sure my son is remembered.” (Fouzia, Levin)
2. Gardena officer cleared of wrongdoing for fatal 2018 shooting by Nathaniel Percy, 12 June 2019
“The law does not require Robbins to wait and set eyes on the gun before firing,' the report says. 'Under the circumstances, it was reasonable for Robbins to conclude that when Ross cocked his left arm toward him, Ross was drawing his gun to shoot at him, placing Robbins in reasonable fear of serious bodily harm or death.” (Percy)
3. Officer Cleared of Wrongdoing in Kenneth Ross Shooting; Family Still Demands Answers by Jennifer Bihm, 20 June 2019
"Attorneys of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office said officer Michael Robbins acted in self defense when he shot Ross at Rowley Memorial Park last spring. But the family and Ross supporters are unsatisfied with that analysis, especially, they said, since dash cam footage has been viewed by the family attorney. 'I watched four dash cam and five body cam videos of the incident,' said Haytham Faraj, an attorney representing Ross’ mother Fouzia Almarou." (Bihm)
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