Justice for Pedro

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Protest near Disneyland erupts over LAPD off-duty officer who shot his gun at a Latino teen

Public outrage: CHP officers cleared by Orange County DA in fatal shooting of unarmed Latino teen in Fullerton

Bullet holes on Villanueva's pickup truck

The Orange County DA's office reached an unbelievable conclusion last Friday that claimed a pair of undercover, plain-clothes CHP officers, involved in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Pedro Erick Villanova in a dark, residential cul-de-sac in Fullerton on July 3, were not criminally culpable for their actions.

In a letter written by Senior Deputy DA Brock Zimmon and Assistant District Attorney Ebrahim Baytieh, which was suspiciously released over the weekend to avoid any press attention last week, the Orange County DA's office concluded that undercover CHP detectives involved in the shooting, Sergeant Jon Grover Cleveland of Santa Clarita and Officer Richard J. Henderson of Long Beach, were justified in using deadly force by shooting into an occupied and moving vehicle driven by an unarmed Latino teenager, Pedro Villanueva, on the eve of Independence Day last year.

#DisruptJ20 anti-Trump inauguration protest marches set for Washington, D.C. and California on January 20th

The time and date are set for the first of many #J20 anti-Trump inauguration marches across the country

The first of at least four #DisruptJ20 organized protest events are set to take place in Los Angeles, California on inauguration day, January 20th, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 800 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90015 at the crossroads of South Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles in front of L.A. Live, under the hashtags of #UnitedAgainstHate and #CAforProgress to protest President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration as President of the United States.

This protest is organized by a group called CA for Progress and is calling for a "United Against Hate-Inauguration March" against President-elect Donald Trump.

At least three other protest marches from an alliance of pro-immigrant rights groups in Los Angeles are also planning to march in downtown Los Angeles all on the same day.

The California Latino Congreso is calling for in inauguration day rally at 1 p.m. at the corner of Broadway and Olympic Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles.

Villanueva family still without answers six months after the CHP shot and killed their unarmed son

It's been six months since the shooting death of an unarmed teenager by the California Highway Patrol, and we are still no closer to finding out the truth about what happened in a quiet, blind residential cul-de-sac in Fullerton, Calfornia when two unidentified men, who turned out to be undercover CHP officers, opened fire on two unarmed teens on that fateful night on July 3, one hour before Independence Day.


Unidentified undercover CHP officers shot from behind the cover of the unidentified and unmarked squad car at the red pickup truck driven by Pedro Villanueva as the truck tried to get by the squad car at slow speeds through only escape route available to the frightened teens

What we do know is this: The two unidentified plain clothes CHP officers in question opened fire on and killed 19-year-old Pedro Villanueva and injured his 18-year-old passenger, Francisco Orozco, on July 3, after chasing them from a so-called "sideshow"—an unauthorized hot rod, street car event where car enthusiasts showed off their trucks and some drivers performed stunts like donuts—in an isolated swap meet parking lot in Santa Fe Springs, California, a suburb of the City of Los Angeles.

It should be made clear that the sideshow wasn't a race and wasn't held on any public streets; however, the California Highway Patrol made it their priority to secretly surveil the event as part of a statewide crack down on illegal hot rod car shows, and soon after, they shut down the sideshow, sending participants and attendees of the event needlessly scattering to the wind.

#DisruptJ20: A call to disrupt Donald J. Trump's Presidential inauguration

On Friday January 20, 2017, designated as "Black Friday," President-elect Donald J. Trump will be formally inaugurated as your 45th President of the United States of America.

A call for a general strike across the country on January 20, 2016, Inauguaration Day

Several anti-Trump activists, including the likes of liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore, have put out a call to all protesters throughout the country, through the internet, to go to Washington, D.C. on that day to disrupt the inauguration ceremonies, calling the protest event, #DisruptJ20.

The purpose of the protests is twofold: 1. to make clear to the whole world that the vast majority of the people of United States do not support his presidency or consent to his rule, and 2. to disrupt the inauguration ceremonies to the point that Trump will have to be inaugurated behind closed doors, if at all.

One of the undercover CHP officers involved in Pedro Villanueva's shooting identified

One of the officers involved in the shooting death of Pedro Villanueva is former
undercover investigator Brett A. Cochran from the Investigative Services Unit

We have a break in the case involving two undercover CHP officers in the police shooting death of an unarmed Latino, Pedro Villanueva.

Anonymous sources have come forward to us in identifying one of the two unidentified plain clothes CHP officers involved in the high speed chase from last July 3rd that ended in the shooting death of the teenage driver and injury to his 18-year-old passenger, Francisco Orozco, in a narrow dead-end residential cul-de-sac in Fullerton, California.

Our sources have identified one of the two undercover officers involved in the shooting as former Southern Division undercover investigator, Brett A. Cochran of Dublin, who was based out of the unlisted Investigative Services Unit on 437 North Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, California at the time of the shooting incident.

Family of teen killed by CHP seeks justice by filing legal claim against agency

The aftermath of a deadly confrontation between an unarmed teen and the CHP along a dead-end street in Fullerton. From the
crime scene, the truck was clearly not aimed at the undercover CHP officers as the truck tried to get by the unmarked patrol car.

The family of a 19-year-old teenager fatally shot by two undercover CHP officers on July 3 in Fullerton, California, has filed a legal claim, a required precursor step to an actual lawsuit, against the CHP and the state, saying the teen posed no immediate threat to the officers and was unarmed, when officers recklessly open fired on the teen, killing him, and injuring his 18-year-old passenger in the right arm with a stray bullet.

The victim, Pedro Villanueva, who was shot by undercover CHP officers without
an opportunity to surrender

The claim filed on July 19 said the officers were unjustified when they shot at the red Chevy Silverado pickup truck driven by Pedro Erik Villanueva on July 3 that left the Pacoima resident dead and his 18-year-old passenger, Francisco Orozco, who survived, wounded from gunshot wounds.

Submitting a legal claim is a requirement before a lawsuit can be filed against a public agency in the State of California. If the claim is rejected, however, it clears the way for attorney of the victims to file lawsuits against the state agency.

The claim alleges that the two teens were followed by an unmarked police car with undercover CHP officers who never revealed they were the police before gunshots rang out from the officers in question.

"These are two boys—18 and 19 years old—who were followed out of a parking lot by an unmarked CHP vehicle and at no time in the seven to 10 minutes they were followed by this car did they ever use a siren, loud speaker or red and blue lights," the victims' attorney, Paul Kiesel, said.

Videos of outrage from the Villanueva family

Noticias 62 - July 20, 2016

Demanda millonaria contra patrulla de caminos poro muerte de Pedro Villanueva

KNBC 4 Los Angeles - July 20, 2016

Lawsuit in Fatal CHP Shooting in Fullerton

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Friend of teen killed by CHP retaliated against with trumped up charges of making threats against CHP officer

The CHP falsely arrests a friend of the late Pedro Villanueva over the meaning of the word 'dump'

A friend of an unarmed 19-year-old teen, who was shot and killed by two undercover CHP officers during an automobile chase on July 3 in Fullerton, California, has been arrested for allegedly using social media to "physically threaten" one of the two undercover CHP officers involved in the controversial fatal shooting of Pedro Villanueva by the CHP.

A criminal threat arrest against a friend of Pedro Villanueva by an overzealous
CHP hinges on one very ambiguous word: 'dump'

The 17-year-old El Monte teenager, who has not been identified because he is a minor, was arraigned Friday at East Lake Juvenile Court on questionable charges of making criminal threats and resisting arrest, both felonies, said his attorney, John Blanchard of Bellflower.

The teen surrendered to Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies on Tuesday afternoon and was being held at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey.

According to the search warrant, the teen allegedly posted a picture to Instagram of one of the two undercover CHP officers involved in the July 3rd fatal shooting of Pedro Villanueva.

The caption on the image asked others to find out where the officer lived, referring to him as a "pig" and used other profane and derogatory terms to describe the officer. So far, nothing that the teen has done can be construed as a bona fide criminal threat.