On March 23, 2000officers used brutal force on 35-year-old Jerry Amaro the third while being arrested for illegibly buying drugs from an undercover cop. Over the next month Jerry had been complaining about chest pains. On April 21, 2000 he died, found in his basement. Officers told his mother that he had died on the street and that gang disputes had started. The corner pretty much called the officers out on being the reason Jerry s dead. The report was not charted that they had used force.
Police should either own up to their actions or not do it at all. Only do what is necessary .It just goes without saying it always comes back and bites you on the butt. After ten years Jerry’s’ family is getting closure and told a justified result of what happened to her son. According to the Amaros’ lawyer this was the biggest police cover-up in Oakland.
“San Francisco Chronicle” Henry K. Lee
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