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But a community like that of Andy Lopez’s won’t see itself represented in the grand jury. The current grand jury, for example, is predominantly white and over 50 years old. “Typically, grand jury membership involves a time commitment of some portion of two to three days a week,â€? reads the county’s website, and who, living in the low-income neighborhood of Moorland Avenue, has that kind of time? The FBI will investigate the shooting, and has stated that Andy Lopez’s civil rights will be an issue in their investigation. This can hopefully address questions about the shooting’s racial implications and the marginalization of the Latino community at large in Sonoma County. Just this month, Santa Rosa police and SWAT members surrounded a house for 11 hours after reports of a man ďŹ ring a gun at his wife. Why would officers wait 11 hours when dealing with a man shooting a real gun and only wait 10 seconds when dealing with a teenager carrying a replica gun? Could it be that the man was a middle-aged business developer living in Fountaingrove, instead of a teenager in a hoodie walking in a largely Latino neighborhood?
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hances are that amid the slow investigation process, more facts could come to light via a wrongful death lawsuit ďŹ led by Lopez’s family, who has reportedly hired an attorney. This could yield much more information than is available to the public or the press, says Santa Rosa attorney Patrick Emery, who represented the family of Jeremiah Chass, a 16-year-old shot and killed by county deputies in 2007. The wrongful death lawsuit ďŹ led by Emery on behalf of the Chass family resulted in a $1.75 million out-of-court settlement. But it also resulted in a collection of evidence that Emery says conicted with official reports at the time coming from the sheriff’s department, the SRPD and the Press Democrat. That evidence was never stied by a nondisclosure agreement; if the family wanted to, they could have released it, says Emery. “In the Chass case, my clients chose not to speak further once the case was settled. It was their choice simply to avoid further emotional upset, and that was a very emotional personal decision they made.â€? Rather than shield themselves from the public, Andy’s parents, Sujey and Rodrigo Lopez, have been active in marches and vigils
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