Last year, 16 year old pregnant and unarmed Elena Mondragon, was shot and killed by police after she left a swimming pool with her friends.
To no surprise, the officers from the Fremont police department who arrived on the scene, allegedly hadn't activated their body cameras and so we don't have footage of the incident that took place.
The story was that they were after the driver, but the situation quickly escalated with the officers shooting at a moving vehicle which ended-up killing Mondragon. The police narrative prevailed; that the shooting was necessary, which is always the go-to narrative when there seems to be a shooting that takes place.
Ultimately, the officers were cleared of any wrongdoing.
According to one attorney who was involved in the case however, he says that there was a cover-up of botched police work.
They concluded just a few weeks ago that the officers hadn't seem to have done anything illegal. The donation of $10k, which is the largest to her campaign during that election cycle, was allegedly accepted while the investigation was still ongoing.
It also just so happens that one of the officers who was involved in the shooting of 16 year old pregnant and unarmed Elena Mondragon, is the president of the police union that gave the donation.
The family of Mondragon has filed a lawsuit against the police department and they are arguing that the department failed to properly discipline the officers that were involved in the shooting incident.
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Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/15/elena-mondragon-police-shooting-california-no-video
https://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2018/03/16/da-omalley-took-10k-from-fremont-police-union-before-clearing-fremont-cops-in-killing-of-pregnant-teen
http://abc7news.com/news/family-identifies-teen-shot-killed-by-fremont-police/1802591/
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/03/16/antioch-family-grieves-teen-fatally-shot-by-police/
https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Family-of-pregnant-16-year-old-girl-killed-by-12752945.php