Post by CMF Newsman on Jul 26, 2012 5:47:32 GMT -5
ANAHEIM, CA — Police maintained a heavy presence on the streets of Anaheim to guard against further violent protests in the wake of the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by officers.
The mother of Manuel Diaz condemned the unrest that has roiled the city, saying she did not want them to become her son’s legacy.
“I watched as my son took his last breath. I watched as his heart stopped beating for the last time,” Genevieve Huizar said Wednesday, breaking into sobs. “Please, please, please stop the violence. It’s not going to bring my son back, and this is the worst thing any mother could go through.”
Her news conference followed a night of protests where as many as 600 demonstrators surged through downtown, smashing shop windows, setting trash fires and hurling rocks and bottles at riot-clad officers who used batons, pepper balls and beanbag rounds.
www.washingtonpost.com/national/mother-of-man-slain-by-anaheim-police-condemns-violent-protests-over-shooting/2012/07/25/gJQAkk0EAX_story.html
The mother of Manuel Diaz condemned the unrest that has roiled the city, saying she did not want them to become her son’s legacy.
“I watched as my son took his last breath. I watched as his heart stopped beating for the last time,” Genevieve Huizar said Wednesday, breaking into sobs. “Please, please, please stop the violence. It’s not going to bring my son back, and this is the worst thing any mother could go through.”
Her news conference followed a night of protests where as many as 600 demonstrators surged through downtown, smashing shop windows, setting trash fires and hurling rocks and bottles at riot-clad officers who used batons, pepper balls and beanbag rounds.
www.washingtonpost.com/national/mother-of-man-slain-by-anaheim-police-condemns-violent-protests-over-shooting/2012/07/25/gJQAkk0EAX_story.html