VIDEO: The moment a California policeman killed a Mexican who was carrying a knife

The state police of San Jose, California, made public a few days ago uNo video of the body camera of the fatal murder of Antonio Guzmán López thanks to the new law on transparency. Now, her family says she has everything she needs to prove that her murder was unjustified.

The images of the tragic event that occurred in 2014 show from the moment the two agents involved, Mike Santos and Fritz van der Hoek, police officers from the University of San Jose,They are trying to arrest Antonio Guzman because he was reported to 911 because he had a knife in his hand.

In the newly revealed images, the police took out their weapon and asked him to stop. However, the man does not seem to understand, He stops for a moment and continues to walk. One of the policemen shoots him with a gun but fails and Guzmán tries to escape by walking faster..

After that, The other policeman tells him to shoot. Two detonations are heard and Guzmán falls to the ground with signs of pain. Already motionless on the ground, the police handcuff him and take his backpack.

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

Police did not receive any charges in 2015, one year after the incident, and they were released from all liability. However, the publication of the video could resume the case, because it could be argued that the police resorted to unnecessary lethal force.

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

The autopsy then revealed that Lopez had methamphetamine in his system. at the time of the shooting, which would explain his behavior.

Guzmán López was an immigrant of undocumented Mexican origin who lived in California with his partner Laurie Valdez., with whom I had a son.
For Laurie Valdez, seeing it was like reliving a nightmare.

"To see him alive again hurt me because I knew that in a moment I would see him dead," Valdez said. He was his girlfriend at the time, both had a son, Josiah, who was only 4 years old when his father died.

"He took my son's father, his sense of security, his childhood and someone to pay for 5 years of hell"she says.

For Valdez, the video reaffirms what she has always believed.
"His last words were that he was fine. Is it something to lose your life? "She wonders.

The investigation that unfolded around the incident freed police officers from any crime, claiming that Lopez was approaching a police officer with a knife.

The San Jose State Police Department issued a statement thatHe conducted a thorough and independent investigation into the shooting.

"The use of force by the agent was considered legally justifiable in response to an immediate threat that could lead to serious harm or death, "the statement said.

Laurie Valdez says she's going to take over the caseand hopes that the jury will also hear the 911 call and will see the pictures and all the documents badociated with this case to give a clearer picture of what happened that day.