Hundreds of Students Protest Shooting Death of Boy By Police (VIDEO)

by Austin Petersen

Justice for Lopez

SANTA ROSA, CA – Hundreds of teenagers gathered for a rally at Santa Rosa city hall to protest the shooting death of 13-year-old Andy Lopez. One protester held signs that said, “A badge is not a license to kill”, “Killer Cops Off Our Streets,” “Jail The Killer Cops” and “Land Of The Prosecuted, Home of The Cowards.”

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On Tuesday a deputy shot the teenager seven times for carrying a replica assault rifle that shoots BB’s while playing in the woods. Lopez’s mother is demanding justice and for this to never happen again. Eddie Sanchez, whose son was a friend of Lopez, picked up his son from school after the incident and tried to have a conversation with him about what occurred.

“When I picked [my son] up Tuesday afternoon, I asked him ‘did you hear about the little boy?’ He started crying and he told me, ‘Dad, I don’t want to talk about it‘ and I said, ‘well we need to talk about it.’ And he said, ‘the cops are supposed to be protecting us, why are they killing us?’”

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People are angry, claiming that the system is supposed to protect them is now hurting them. Students and teachers are threatening to hold marches every day until justice is done.

Austin Petersen is a homegrown Missourian with a lifelong passion for liberty. He grew up on a horse farm in Peculiar, Missouri and went on to attend Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in the Fine Arts. After developing a career in media in both New York City and Washington, D.C., he returned to Kansas City, MO, the city he now calls home. In 2016, Petersen appeared on the national stage as a candidate for president of the United States. He took second place in the crowded Libertarian primary behind Governor Gary Johnson and ahead of cyber security maverick John McAfee. During his campaign, Petersen earned many high-profile conservative endorsements, including Mary Matalin, Erick Erickson and Leon Wolf of RedState.com. Petersen also brings decades of professional experience in a wide variety of fields, from content production and media to business and political activism. He is the owner and chief executive of Stonegait LLC, a consulting firm specializing in photo and video services. He was also the director of production at FreedomWorks and an associate producer for Judge Andrew Napolitano’s show “Freedom Watch” on the Fox Business Network. Additionally, Petersen has a national following as a commentator and professional pundit. He is the founder of The Libertarian Republic, a powerful online news source for the public that receives an average of 1 million unique visits monthly and whose podcast, The Freedom Report, receives an average of one million monthly downloads. He is also a frequent contributor on television, appearing on Fox News, Fox Business, CNN, MSNBC and on dozens of local radio shows.

1 comment

CustomDesigned October 26, 2013 at 9:15 pm

Cops can’t, and aren’t required, to protect you. Good ones will, if the rare situation arises where they can, but normally, their job is to fill out reports, and attempt to track down and punish the perp. They cannot protect you (unless you have a 24 hr armed guard for some reason – like being a witness).

Normally, unless you are rich and can hire a bodyguard, *you* are your armed guard.

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