”Then last year, four days before Halloween, a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed his brother, Oscar Jr., along railroad tracks near Paramount High School. Deputies said the 28-year-old didn’t comply with orders and moved his arm in ”a threatening manner.” Ramirez was unarmed”, LA TRimes writes.
”Luis Carrillo, an attorney who has represented Latino families in use-of-force cases, said that because of a history of oppression in Latin America and a streak of Catholic conservatism, many Latinos have a built-in wariness of police agencies and adhere to a ”don’t rock the boat” mentality. That mind-your-own business approach within the community can leave families of people killed by law enforcement feeling isolated.”