WATCH: California Cops Shoot and Kill Homeless Man Responding to Complaint of Man who did not Match his Description

Southern California cops were responding to a call of a White homeless man with blonde hair swinging a knife when they shot and killed a homeless Hispanic man with a shaved head carrying a stick.

The incident took place on August 9, 2021 but Tustin police just released the bodycam video last month.

The video includes the call to dispatch describing a White man with blonde hair who was swinging a knife and talking to himself two days earlier. The caller told police the man was living in the bushes in front of the trailer park she lived in.

When Tustin police arrived, they were directed to the bushes and encountered Luis Manuel Garcia who was sleeping in the bushes.

Tustin police officer Estella Silva stuck her head into the bushes and ordered him to wake up and step out onto the sidewalk. A male cop stood behind her with his taser drawn. Another male cop stood on the sidewalk about 20 feet away.

Responding in Spanish, Garcia said he was waiting for a friend and collecting recyclables but he eventually steps out holding a long staff which is what made the cops fear for their lives even though he never threatened them with it.

The video shows the male cop fires his taser and Silva fires her gun. Garcia tries to run away but collapses on the sidewalk near the other cop. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Tustin police emphasized the stick he was carrying to justify the shooting but made no mention of a knife so it does not appear they found one in his possession.

Rosalia Becerra, Garcia’s former partner and mother of his two children, told the Los Angeles Times that he used the stick to pick up recyclables.

She also said he suffered from schizophrenia and that he would talk to himself but had never displayed violent tendencies.

Becerra has filed a claim for damages against the city of Tustin on behalf of Garcia’s two daughters, ages 18 and 12, which is the precursor to a lawsuit.

“We want justice for him and for my girls,” Becerra told the L.A. Times.

“(Officer Silva) took away the possibility of my girls having a father. She took away the opportunity for him to get out of the hole that he was in. We want to see justice. We want to see her behind bars. That’s what we’re looking for.”

Watch the video below.

Southern California cops were responding to a call of a White homeless man with blonde hair swinging a knife when they shot and killed a homeless Hispanic man with a shaved head carrying a stick.

The incident took place on August 9, 2021 but Tustin police just released the bodycam video last month.

The video includes the call to dispatch describing a White man with blonde hair who was swinging a knife and talking to himself two days earlier. The caller told police the man was living in the bushes in front of the trailer park she lived in.

When Tustin police arrived, they were directed to the bushes and encountered Luis Manuel Garcia who was sleeping in the bushes.

Tustin police officer Estella Silva stuck her head into the bushes and ordered him to wake up and step out onto the sidewalk. A male cop stood behind her with his taser drawn. Another male cop stood on the sidewalk about 20 feet away.

Responding in Spanish, Garcia said he was waiting for a friend and collecting recyclables but he eventually steps out holding a long staff which is what made the cops fear for their lives even though he never threatened them with it.

The video shows the male cop fires his taser and Silva fires her gun. Garcia tries to run away but collapses on the sidewalk near the other cop. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

Tustin police emphasized the stick he was carrying to justify the shooting but made no mention of a knife so it does not appear they found one in his possession.

Rosalia Becerra, Garcia’s former partner and mother of his two children, told the Los Angeles Times that he used the stick to pick up recyclables.

She also said he suffered from schizophrenia and that he would talk to himself but had never displayed violent tendencies.

Becerra has filed a claim for damages against the city of Tustin on behalf of Garcia’s two daughters, ages 18 and 12, which is the precursor to a lawsuit.

“We want justice for him and for my girls,” Becerra told the L.A. Times.

“(Officer Silva) took away the possibility of my girls having a father. She took away the opportunity for him to get out of the hole that he was in. We want to see justice. We want to see her behind bars. That’s what we’re looking for.”

Watch the video below.

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3 COMMENTS

  1. I’m in need of help my lawyer said he will not represented me cause I’m out in public filming our public places and in his words your not playing the rules of the game so I we are done. so I’m looking for better attorneys that will stand up for my rights not one lawyer in London Ky will go up against Sheriff John Root he has me and my family on lock down here. when him and his thugs beat me down and choking me Infront of my mother, wife and kids. I about lost my life that day. Can I somehow get some support were I’m located this is still America right.

  2. Officer Silva did right, I respect her job and how the Tustin PD protect us. Becerra claims justice and unfairness when she clearly wasn’t helping his ex or whatever. Why she didn’t ask for help, Why not seeking for professional medical and psychiatric help? It’s easy for all other to claim wrongdoing but you are not in the line of duty risking your lives to protect others.

    Stealing recyclables AKA dumpster diving is an offense and no one cares but encourage this behavior, you may ask how? When you don’t report to management, when you leave your plastic bottles purposely out of the trash can for them to pick them up, you are also guilty.

    I hope Silva get exonerated and pray for her family. I hope Becerra seeks for mental help, she needs it and not be greedy.

    We ALL citizens need more education on how to respect the law and the officers, not just be idiots.

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