GRAPEVINE, TX — The Grapevine City Council conference room filled with shouts of “No justice! No peace!” Tuesday night as more than 100 people showed up to protest the officer-involved killing of Ruben Garcia Villalpando.
Villalpando’s parents patiently wait for the Grapevine City Council meeting to begin. Photo: Obed ManuelVillalpando’s parents patiently wait for the Grapevine City Council meeting to begin. Photo: Obed Manuel
Martha Romero, Villalpando’s wife, sat quietly in the front row of the conference room with her four children. Villalpando’s parents who were visiting from the Mexican state of Durango sat behind her wearing “Justice for Ruben” stickers.
Signs around the room read with “Are you going to kill me?” which Villalpando’s family said were his final words.
The activist reaction comes after the unarmed Villalpando was shot and killed by Grapevine police officer Robert Clark on the night of Feb 20.
After clearing its agenda, the council left the remainder of the meeting to those who had signed up to speak.
“Right now it’s my family suffering, but what about tomorrow? What about the families of tomorrow?” said Fernando Romero, Villalpando’s brother-in-law. “We want this to stop and we want justice. We want what is right. We want everything to be clear. I’m asking you to make it right.”
Source: latinalista.com
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