Source: Los Angeles Times
By: Rick Rojas
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-hammer-shooting-20140121,0,4082708.story#axzz2r1AJ047k
On Saturday, January 19, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's department received a call from the Alvarez family who were threatened by one of their family member's weapons in the household. Reportedly one of the children Joshua Alvarez, 16, was arguing with his older brother and had involved a hammer and sharp instrument in the matter. Since the family feared the potential use of these tools, they called the police and as they arrived they ordered Joshua to release the weapons from his hands. As he refused and continued to walk toward the cops, on of them shot the boy in the abdomen two times and left him severely injured. Joshua is currently in the intensive care unit of the hospital where he got surgery done and is scheduled to have another one this Tuesday. The family demands to know why the officer chose this soulution to the problem when he could have used another method in preventing the boy from causing any potential damage with his weapons. "We want answers," Joshua's aunt, Alva Alvarez said. Joshua is "just a minor, just a kid. He
barely turned 16. We love Joshua, and we just want him to be better and
to get back in the house with us." As a result of all this confusion many protesters including Joshua's family gathered up outside of this officer's office and held signs and chanted for the right attention of this case. However, his case was not the only thing they were fighting for. The family has camped out of the hospital to wait for any sudden health improvements of his condition. All they really want is justice and are fighting and waiting for a change.
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