The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education fund filed a writ of mandate to force the Los Angeles County sheriff to release documents in the death of journalist Ruben Salazar caused by a tear gas projectile after a peaceful rally.
The Office of Independent Review found the sheriff’s department made errors in choice of weapons but did not target Salazar. MALDEF and a filmmaker want the documents to complete a documentary on Salazar’s life and death. -db
From the Metropolitan News-Enterprise, April 24, 2012, by Kenneth Ofgang.