After Police Shootings and Protests, Mother Pleads: ‘Stop the Violence’
s the FBI prepares to investigate a pair of fatal police shootings in Anaheim, Calif. the mother of one of the men who was killed is pleading for calm.
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“Please, please, please stop the violence,” Genevieve Huizar said at a news conference Wednesday.
Huizar showed pictures of her slain son, Manuel Angel Diaz, 25, at family gatherings, playing basketball in high school, and holding a sign expressing pride in a step-brother who was serving in the military.
“I wept as my son took his last breath,” Huizar said. “I watched as his heart stopped beating.”
Diaz who was unarmed, was shot and killed on Saturday after fleeing from police on foot. On Tuesday, his family filed a $50 million wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Anaheim.