After its release in May, bodycam footage showing a police officer killing an elderly Latina slowly made the rounds on social media. Where you didn’t see this story was on the front pages of national news or discussed in morning roundtables.
Amelia Baca, 75, was fatally shot by a Las Cruces, NM police officer on April 16th of this year. Courtesy Baca familyshowing a police officer killing an elderly Latina slowly made the rounds on social media. Where you didn’t see this story was on the front pages of national news or discussed in morning roundtables.
As the full bodycam footage shows, relatives exited the home at the arriving officer’s instruction, with one of them heard telling him “please be very careful with her.” Seconds later, the officer, Jared Cosper, began yelling “Drop the f-cking knife!” as he pointed his gun at her. She takes a step towards him and he fires.
Baca had immigrated to the United States when she was in her 30’s. She worked at different jobs, including in the fields, to buy a home. A small horseshoe —an amulet for good luck and to prevent misfortune—hung above the doorway where she was killed. New Mexico journalists have pointed out the lack of transparency around this and other cases of police violence. The LCPD all this time refused to disclose the officer’s name, which was revealed in a story last week byreporter Justin García. Local media were only made aware of the shooting when the Baca family brought it to their attention, versus an official police statement.
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