Denver, CO– The family of Jessica Hernandez, who was fatally shot by two Denver Police officers early Monday morning is continuing to speak out about the incident that left their beautiful teen dead. This time it’s coming from her mother, who explains that police shot her child 18 times- more bullets than years the teenager spent alive.
Jose Hernandez, Jessica’s father, has said that police initially told him that his daughter had been shot once, however, Denver’s medical examiner has confirmed that to be false.
The police department also originally claimed that the two officers fired at Hernandez after she struck an officer with the vehicle. However, witnesses who were in the car dispute their story and maintain that the vehicle hit the officer only after Hernandez had been shot and fell unconscious, causing her to lose control of the vehicle. The department has since stated that it is unclear if Hernandez had intentionally struck the officer and says that how the officer was injured is still part of the investigation. None of the five teenagers in the vehicle were armed.
WHY is race the first thing you think of
How unnecessary
It's true. Other minorities don't get press coverage. Did you see any coverage about the Sikh man attacked by a mob bevause they thought he was a Muslim? No, they're not relevant to the GP.
What's even worse is that I was hoping this wasn't someone black.
