EAST LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Five years after David Ordaz Jr. was shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, his family gathered outside the local sheriff’s station on Saturday to demand renewed accountability in the case.
Family members held a vigil and protest on the anniversary of Ordaz’s death, saying that during the incident, he was experiencing a mental health crisis and threatening to harm himself with a knife.
They accuse deputies of escalating the encounter and allege that Deputy Remin Pineda continued firing even after Ordaz was disarmed and on the ground.
“My daughter and my grandkids basically want to come out and show that they haven’t abandoned the fight, they’re still in it trying to make sure that, at some point, there’s justice because we feel that there hasn’t been justice in terms of what we wanted,” a family member said during the gathering.
According to a plea deal, former deputy Pineda is serving two years of felony probation and can’t own a weapon or work as a police officer again in California.
The family argues the judge overseeing the case was biased and is urging the state attorney general to review the matter. They are also calling for the investigation into the other deputies involved to be reopened.
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