{"id":23873,"date":"2014-03-27T12:12:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T19:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=23873"},"modified":"2014-03-27T12:12:13","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T19:12:13","slug":"latino-gunned-down-by-police-community-outraged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/latino-gunned-down-by-police-community-outraged\/","title":{"rendered":"Latino gunned down by police, community outraged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23876\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alex-Nieto_04web.jpg?quality=89&#038;ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23876 \" alt=\"Vigilia por Alejandro Nieto en Bernal Heights. Vigil for Alejandro Nieto at Bernal Hill on Monday, March 24.  Photo Nina Parks\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alex-Nieto_04web.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alex-Nieto_04web.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alex-Nieto_04web.jpg?resize=600%2C399&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alex-Nieto_04web.jpg?resize=360%2C239&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vigilia por Alejandro Nieto en Bernal Heights. Vigil for Alejandro Nieto at Bernal Hill on Monday, March 24.<br \/>Photo Nina Parks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A setting sun tinted the San Francisco skyline orange as a crowd of about 150 people gathered March 24 around an altar on Bernal Hill, erected at the spot where a young man was allegedly shot over a dozen times by San Francisco Police officers just days before.<\/p>\n<p>This man was named Alejandro Nieto, and to most of those in attendance at the Monday night vigil, he was loved dearly. He was a son, a friend, a brother\u2014whether in blood, spirit, or in faith.<\/p>\n<p>He was intelligent, motivated, kind, and he was spiritual, they attested\u2014a practicing buddhist and criminal justice major at City College of San Francisco (CCSF) who had aspirations of becoming a probation officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe probably came up here to meditate, to clear his mind,\u201d said CCSF Professor and author Benjamin Bac Sierra, who is also a close friend. Others whispered that he was eating a burrito before going to work at his job as a security guard at the Excelsior night club \u201cEl Toro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With grief and disbelief mirrored in their faces, his loved ones stood shoulder to shoulder atop the hill on which the 28-year-old Nieto was shot multiple times at 7:18 p.m. on March 21 by at least two police officers.<\/p>\n<p>What exactly happened on that evening is still unclear, but a sequence of events was presented by Police Chief Greg Suhr at a townhall meeting a day later that stretched over four hours. The Chief may as well have been under gunfire himself, as his ten minute presentation was repeatedly interrupted by a hollering crowd spilling out of the Leonard R. Flynn Elementary School\u2019s packed cafeteria.<\/p>\n<p>The tension in the room was palpable as nearly a dozen armed police officers lined the walls with somber demeanors\u2014causing some community members to accuse them of being apathetic and indifferent to the case.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23878\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23878\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alex-Nieto_02web.jpg?quality=89&#038;ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23878      \" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alex-Nieto_02web.jpg?resize=250%2C250&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alex-Nieto_02web.jpg?resize=250%2C250&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alex-Nieto_02web.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alex-Nieto_02web.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alex-Nieto_02web.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alex-Nieto_02web.jpg?resize=480%2C480&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Alex-Nieto_02web.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFPD officers shot Alejandro Nieto 14 times March 21, because they mistakenly believed he had a gun. Photo Nina Parks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFuck the police!\u201d and \u201cmurderer\u201d were a few of the expletives hurled at them by friends and community members of the slain man.<\/p>\n<p>Others present at the meeting spoke out against police brutality, racial profiling and the problems brought to the community by gentrification, and referenced to racially charged cases such as those of Andy Lopez and Oscar Grant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I can remember, there was never a violent execution like the one that the men in black brought to our community on Friday night,\u201d said resident Orlando Galvez. \u201cThere was never a killing on that hill until you guys came along.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the SFPD representatives present were President of the Police Commission Thomas Mazzucco, Police Commissioners Suzy Loftus and Angela Chan, as well as Deputy Chief Hector Sainez, Capt. Robert Moser of the Mission station, Commander Sharon Ferrigno, and Ingleside Station\u2019s Capt. Tim Falvey.<\/p>\n<p>Suhr opened with the accounts of a 911 call dispatched at 7:11 p.m. on Friday, reporting a Latino male in a bright red jacket\u2014he was a \u201cNiners\u201d fan, friends pointed out knowingly\u2014pacing \u201cback and forth\u201d at the top of Bernal Hill with a black handgun on his hip.<\/p>\n<p>It was this account that turned fatal for Nieto. Suhr moved to another poster board that depicted images of a pistol set in comparison to a yellow Taser\u2014the electroshock weapon that the caller, and the police officers dispatched to the scene, mistook for a gun.<\/p>\n<p>With the sun setting behind him, Suhr stated that Nieto\u2014who was licensed to carry a Taser for his job and was scheduled to work that Friday evening\u2014 had his hands behind his back as the officers \u201ctriangulated\u201d around him at a distance of about 75 feet, asking him to show his hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the officers asked him to show his hands, he drew his Taser from the holster,\u201d said Suhr. \u201cAnd the officers saw the laser on them, tracking. They believed it to be a firearm\u2014and they fired at Mr. Nieto.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked after the meeting about who drew their weapons first, Suhr stated that both Nieto and the officers pulled at the same time.<br \/>\nSources claim that Nieto was shot 14 times in the body, but Suhr did not confirm this number.<\/p>\n<p>Nieto did not have a criminal record, however, during his testimonial, Suhr repeatedly pointed out that he was prohibited from carrying a gun and had a recent restraining order\u2014information that the officers could not have had knowledge of at the time of the encounter.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos \u201cCookie\u201d Gonzalez, a Mission muralist and a probation officer at Juvenile Hall, who worked with Nieto, spoke to the young man\u2019s character and the need for education and rehabilitation programs among youth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a young person is off track, it is my job to point them in the right direction. Alejandro Nieto wanted to be a probation officer. I met him about 10 years ago through a mutual friend,\u201d said Gonzalez. \u201cI was able to get him an internship with us. He was a criminal justice major. To me it doesn\u2019t add up that he would pull the &#8230; Taser and aim it at the officers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During public comment, Suhr was confronted with some tough questions from the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat type of warning did they provide to Alex\u2014did they have a loudspeaker of some sort?\u201d asked Bac Sierra, his voice shaking with anger. \u201cDid officers approach with weapons drawn?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt 7 p.m., it is still daylight outside\u2014so why wouldn\u2019t officers know immediately that (that) does not look like (a gun)?\u201d He added.<\/p>\n<p>Bac Sierra also accused the responding officers of not following firearm protocol by failing to yell \u201ccease fire\u201d before shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Supervisor David Campos had the last word during public comment, and apologized personally to Nieto\u2019s father, Refugio Nieto, for the pain and hardship that the City has caused him and his family. A conversation between the two men ensued, in which the father, for the first time, commented on his son\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did not find out until 1:30 p.m the next day what happened,\u201d he told Campos in Spanish. \u201cThey were investigating him and questioning us and not until they were done did they tell us what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room went silent as the man spoke about his frustration, and the lack of compassion he received on behalf of the police when notified of his child\u2019s death, bringing tears to the eyes of many, including Campos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of the City, that is really shameful that this is how we treated you,\u201d Campos said. \u201cWe need to find out what happened\u2014and we do need an independent, full investigation (of this case).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Friends and community members of Nieto are planning a protest on March 29 at 2 p.m. at the Mission Cultural Center, to draw attention to brutality and injustices brought to light by Nieto\u2019s case at the hands of the police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A setting sun tinted the San Francisco skyline orange as a crowd of about 150 people gathered March 24 around an altar on Bernal Hill, erected at the spot where a young man was allegedly shot over a dozen times by San Francisco Police officers just days before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":23875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3929],"tags":[3006,20,1650,3007,346],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-23873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","tag-alejandro-nieto","tag-bernal-heights","tag-greg-suhr","tag-officer-involved-shooting","tag-sfpd","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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