Brown Beret, Mother of Three, Shot in the Back by a Riverside Country Sheriff
La Voz De Aztlan
Annette Garcia, a Brown Beret de Aztlan member and a mother of three children, was cowardly shot in the back Wednesday evening by a Riverside County Sheriffs deputy. The name of the shooter has not been released but according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Perris Station, the deputy has been placed on "paid" administrative leave pending an investigation.
A high level officer of the Brown Berets de Aztlan stated that the deputy arrived by himself at a home at the 16900 block of Lake Mathews Drive and shot at Annette Garcia six times while she was walking away. Five of the shots missed but one hit Annette Garcia in the back. The 29 year old mother was rushed to the Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley but was pronounced dead on arrival.
The Riverside County Sheriffs have earned a horrific reputation of killing women of color. In May of 2008, the Sheriffs invaded the Soboba Indian Reservation and killed a 30 year old native Indian mother named Tamara Angela Hurtado. In total, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department has been involved in 7 separate gun battles that have killed 5 tribal members of the Soboba Indian Reservation. (See report at http://www.aztlan.net/soboba_indian_reservation.htm )
The cowardly murder of Anne Garcia has sent shocked waves throughout Aztlan and there is a call by the leadership of the Brown Berets and other organizations to underatke energetic protests and demonstrations. All members of the Brown Berets are asked to inform their local units and coordinate a unified plan of action.
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