By Emerson Drake
5/10/11
Long time Latino Activist Miguel Donoso said a letter from substance abuse Counselor John Matakas is being sent to the California Attorney General requesting an outside investigation be performed into the Kari Abbey shooting of Rita Elias.Concerns have arisen that law enforcement officers in both the County Sheriff's office and in the Modesto Police Department are "pumped up on steroids" during officer involved shootings.
It's also become painfully clear after hearing Chief Harden's comments after it came to light one of his officers when called upon to assist a citizen of Modesto, and refused assistance, that Harden intends to further the cover-up.
Police Chief Mike Harden said he looked into the matter after reading the affidavit, and pulled the officer’s report of the incident. He said it appeared the call was handled properly.“Clearly (the officer) knows her. I don’t find that peculiar,” Harden said. “I’ve looked at the criminal investigation the officer completed … at first blush, it looks like it’s a pretty detailed, comprehensive investigation.
We support and commend the call for an outside investigator to delve into the Elias shooting.As long as he's here lets have them dig past the pretend investigation being preformed by Bob Aaronson and get to the truth.
