To: San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis
Justice for Alfred Olango!
Indict the police officer who killed 30-year-old Alfred Olango, a Black man who was mentally ill and needed medical assistance.
The murder of Black men by U.S. police has reached sickening and epidemic levels. It has to end, and police officers who unnecessarily use deadly force must be held accountable. The people of El Cajon are counting on you to hold the officers behind this unjust killing fully responsible.
Why is this important?
On Tuesday, Alfred Olango, an unarmed Black man who was mentally ill was shot and killed by El Cajon police officers after his sister called the police asking for help for her brother.
In video footage captured after Olango was killed, his sister can be heard wailing as she looked at the body of her murdered brother, crying, "Oh my God. You killed my brother. I just called for help and ... you killed him." She says she'd phoned the police three times for help stating that her brother was "not acting like himself."
Witnesses report hearing as many as five gun shots.
The murder of Olango by El Cajon police, comes on the heels of fatal shootings of Black men in Tulsa, OK and Charlotte, NC. Alfred Olango is the 217 Black person to be killed by U.S. police thus far this year.
San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has indicated she will investigate. The community in San Diego is already demanding action and justice. Let's make the world knows that concerned Americans across the nation are also watching to see that justice is done.