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U.S. NEWS Saturday 19 January 2019
Police: Arizona officer kills

teen boy with replica gun

By ANITA SNOW But the ABC15 Arizona sta- conduct its investigation in
PHOENIX (AP) — Police in tion interviewed a man and conjunction with the Mari-
a Phoenix suburb say a a woman identified as the copa County Attorney's
burglary suspect shot to boy's brother and mother, office, as is customary in
death by an officer was a who said they wanted po- officer-involved shootings.
14-year-old boy carrying a lice to explain what hap- A self-described socialist
replica gun. pened. group rallied in Tempe to
Authorities say officers in The boy's brother Jason draw attention to the case.
the city of Tempe reported Gonzalez said, "A police of- "We want to bring an end
a suspect burglarizing a ficer has a Taser gun right? to the police brutality in
car Tuesday and that he Why not shoot a Taser at Maricopa County and lock
ran away holding what ap- him? He sees a young boy, up killer cops," said activ-
peared to be a handgun. my brother wouldn't shoot. ist Alexia Isais. "We are de-
During the chase, police I know he wouldn't shoot." manding that police be
say he turned toward the Speaking through a Span- held accountable for the
officers. One officer per- ish-English interpreter, the killings they are committing,
ceived that as a threat and teen's mother Sandra Gon- mostly against unarmed,
shot the suspect, who died zalez said: "If they want to marginalized people."A
at a hospital. tarnish my son, they are vigil was held Thursday
Police said Wednesday wrong." outside the Tempe Police
that the teen had a replica "Apart from the fact that headquarters.
1911 airsoft gun in his pos- they killed him, they want Since the beginning of
session, which they deter- to destroy him," she said. the year, there has been
mined he had taken from "No. I won't allow it, I want at least one other police
vehicle along with some justice." shooting that killed a teen
other items. A Facebook page believed in Maricopa County, Arizo- Sandra Gonzalez, mother of a slain 14-year-old boy shot by
They say the shooting was to be the teen's shows pho- na's largest. Tempe Police, joins another family members and others in front
captured on the officer's tographs of a baby-faced Earlier this month, a Phoe- of Tempe Police headquarters to hold a protest and vigil for the
body camera. The police boy with a peach-fuzz mus- nix police officer shot and boy shot to death by Tempe Police on Tuesday, as police say
they were pursuing a burglary suspect who they thought had
department did not im- tache, a few snaps with killed a 19-year-old Jacob a handgun, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, in Tempe, Ariz. It turns out,
mediately respond to a relatives and friends and a Michael Harris after surveil- according to police, the teen had a replica gun.
request by The Associated big, green truck. Friends of lance officers reportedly
Press for access to the vid- the family were putting to- saw him and three others in several other robberies. ting a call about a robbery
eo. gether a GoFundMe page carry out an armed rob- Also this month, an officer at an auto supply store.
The name of the teen and to pay for the teen's funeral bery. Police say they were in the Phoenix suburb of Officers said the boy had
the officer who opened fire costs. watching the group be- Peoria shot and wounded a gun. He was shot in the
haven't been released. The department said it will cause they were suspects a 17-year-old boy after get- shoulder.q

Michigan sheriff: Warrant needed if ICE wants jail inmates

By ED WHITE the county jail on charges Wednesday didn't indicate
Associated Press related to a November in- why agents didn't try to ver-
DETROIT (AP) — A jail in cident at a Grand Rapids ify that claim before pick-
western Michigan's largest hospital. ing him up at the jail three
county won't release peo- He was supposed to be weeks later.
ple to federal immigration released on Dec. 14, but "We applaud the Kent
agents unless they present jail staff honored a request County sheriff. ... Jilmar's
an arrest warrant from a from Immigration and Cus- case shows that blindly
judge, a sheriff announced toms Enforcement to turn turning people over to ICE
Friday after learning that him over. based on ICE's error-ridden
a mentally ill war veteran He spent three days in a detainer system is a recipe
born in the U.S. was picked detention center before a for disaster," said Miriam
up by the government and family lawyer proved that Aukerman, a lawyer with
held for three days in De- Ramos-Gomez is a U.S. citi- the American Civil Liberties
cember. zen born in Michigan. Union of Michigan.Sepa-
Kent County Sheriff Mi- "I notified ICE officials that rately on Friday, the Grand
chelle LaJoye-Young said the Kent County sheriff will Rapids police department
she agrees with people hold detainees for ICE only said it notified ICE about
who have "expressed ex- after ICE presents to our the hospital incident. Ra-
treme concern and even office an arrest warrant is- mos-Gomez was accused
outrage" over the govern- sued by a federal judge or of setting a fire, pulling a This undated booking photo released by the Kent County Sher-
ment's treatment of Jil- magistrate," LaJoye-Young fire alarm and getting ac- iff's Office, shows Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, a war veteran who was
mar Ramos-Gomez, who said. cess to a helipad. picked up at the Kent County jail and detained for three days
served in Afghanistan with ICE said it detained Ramos- Interim police Chief David in December by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Sher-
the Marines and returned Gomez because he told Kiddle said his department iff Michelle LaJoye-Young says her jail won't release people to
with post-traumatic stress agents on Nov. 23 that "believed it was a possible federal immigration agents unless they present an arrest war-
disorder. he was in the U.S. illegally. act of terrorism."q rant from a judge.
Ramos-Gomez, 27, was in The statement released Associated Press