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Anaheim, CA \u2013 Ten family members and several Orange County residents demanded justice for Albert Arzola at Anaheim City Council meeting on January 26. Arzola was chased down and killed by two Anaheim police on December 6, 2025. His family demanded the immediate release of all body camera video, the autopsy report and an independent investigation into the police killing.<\/p>\n
Leslie Lopez, Albert Arzola\u2019s cousin said, \u201cImagine hearing a gunshot outside your home, running out, seeing your child lying there taking their final breath. Would you try to do everything possible to save them? This is exactly what Alberto\u2019s parents tried to do, until they were told to \u2018stay the fuck back or we will shoot you too!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Lopez\u2019s voice broke as she described how \u201cAlbert was dragged like he was an animal onto the sidewalk where they left his lifeless body until four in the morning for the entire community to see. Not only were the people forced to witness his death, but they also cut my cousin\u2019s clothes off and traumatized everyone. I was there, waiting until my baby cousin was finally taken.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sergio Pelayoel, Arzola\u2019s cousin, said, \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be two months and a week since Albert passed away. I would just like to know why no life-saving measures were taken immediately?\u201d Referring to the edited body cam footage that was released, he stated, \u201cFrom the moment Albert is hit, it flash forwards to ten minutes later \u2013 ten minutes after getting shot \u2013 that\u2019s crucial. The body begins to go into shock and starts shutting down. It seems at that point that it\u2019s a cold-blooded murder! It\u2019s not normal to say your coworker killed a man today at his house.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace Arzola, aunt of Albert, tearfully asked, \u201cWhat mother is forced to go back inside the house \u2013 give her son the blessings, cause she knew that was gonna be the last time she saw him breathing \u2013 and her last words for him was \u2018You\u2019re gonna be OK.\u2019 He was not OK! And neither are none of us OK with what happened! And then you guys handcuffed my brother for hours. He had to watch his lifeless son lay on the floor! What kind of heart do you guys have?\u201d<\/p>\n
Family member Ariana Avalos said that in an ACLU study of the most dangerous police departments in the 60 largest U.S. cities, \u201cAnaheim PD is rated ninth out of 60. From 2003 to 2016, there were a total of 33 deaths caused by officers. 29 of those were caused by gunshot wounds. 40% of those individuals killed by police officers were unarmed. 55% of those killings had an officer who had already been involved in at least one other death. So please tell me why we continue to keep these officers on the task force? Please tell the community what tactical approaches have you changed? Because from where I stand, and from where the community stands, we see no change!\u201d<\/p>\n
David Pulido, member of CSO OC, said \u201cThe police killing of Albert Arzola is not an isolated incident. It belongs to a long pattern of racist killings of Chicanos and other oppressed peoples, not only in Anaheim but in Orange County and the American Southwest.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pulido continued, saying \u201cThe truth is that our government uses the police to terrorize and oppress our communities. That is why CSO fights for community control of the police. The community has a basic, democratic right to decide on police matters. That means everything from the power to decide on police policies to the power to control the police budget to the power to hire, fire and jail killer cops! Justice for Albert Arzola!\u201d<\/p>\n
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