A policeman murdered a Mexican immigrant who was carrying a knife

March 13, 2019

The episode took place in California. After the images were made public by the police, the family claims to have evidence to prove that it was a homicide.

On the occasion of the Transparency Act, the police state of San Jose, California, published a few days ago a body camera video of the shooting that ended with the death of Antonio Guzmán López. Now, his family claims to have what it takes to prove that his murder was unjustified.

The images of the event occurred in 2014 show from the moment the two agents involved, Mike Santos and Fritz van der Hoek, agents of the Police of the State University of San Jose, they try to stop Guzmán because he was reported to 911 because he had a knife in his hand.

In the recording, the police took out their gun and asked him to stop. However, the man seems not to understand, stops for a moment and continues to walk. One of the policemen shoots him with a gun but fails and the Mexican tries to run away by walking faster.

There, the other policeman tells him to shoot and we hear two detonations. Guzmán falls to the ground with signs of pain. Now motionless, the police handcuffed him and took his backpack.

The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office refused to lodge a complaint against the two agents involved.

One year after the incident, The police officers were not charged and were released from any liability. However, the publication of the video could resume the case, because it could be argued that the police resorted to unnecessary lethal force.

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The 38-year-old man was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. The witnesses said that López He was acting strangely in the run-up to the incident and the police declared that they considered him a threat.

Later, the autopsy determined that Antonio Guzmán López He had methamphetamine in his system at the time of the shooting, which would explain his behavior.