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    Vol.62/No.30           August 24, 1998 
 
 
Rally in Houston protests cop killing  
"Killer cops to jail for life!" chanted around 100 people who rallied July 26 to protest the killing of Pedro Oregón, 22 years old, in Houston. Cops involved in the special unit Gang Task Force were allegedly performing an antidrug operation. "Pedro was sleeping when the police arrived. They broke down the door to get in the apartment," said Reynalda Espinosa, a neighbor and an acquaintance of the Oregón family. The police, who reportedly did not have a warrant, unloaded 30 shots, 12 of which struck Oregón.

A new coalition, "Justice for Pedro Oregón" has initiated another protest to be held August 17 in front of the prosecutor's office to demand that the six cops involved be charged in the killing.

 
 
 
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