“Of course the years of systemic racism and voicelessness are not near the same level the Black community has been forced to endure,” AL DÍA News’ Ericka Conant rightfully notes, “but the recent deaths of multiple Latinx individuals at the hands of police have reignited the call to end police brutality against Latinx people as well.”
Casting further doubt on police is a report from the Los Angeles Times that Miguel Vega, the officer reportedly identified as having fatally shot the 18-year-old, already has a years-long history of accusations under his belt.
As Conant notes, Castro has also been vocal about the killing of Carlos Ingram-Lopez, who died in Phoenix police custody in April but the details of which haven’t been publicly released until just now.
“The secrecy surrounding his last living moments—even city officials didn’t know about Ingram-Lopez’s death until last week—has caused outrage in the southern Arizona city, whose progressive image, some residents believe, is at odds with the way police treat its largely Latinx population,” Mother Jones reported.
In endorsing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act last week, Castro said: “Police brutality affects both Black and Latino communities and together we’re confident we can overcome this long-standing injustice.
