Parents
of Kendrec McDade File Wrongful Death Suit; Allege Pattern of Police Misconduct
The parents of slain 19 year-old college student Kendrec
McDade are bring a wrongful death lawsuit against the Pasadena Police
Department.
According to the Huffington Post, the McDade family
contends that McDade’s death is “part of
a pattern of abuse by the department and that the investigation ‘reeks’ of a
cover up.”
The chain of events leading to McDade’s death began on
March 24th, when Oscar Carrillo called 911 to report that’s he’d allegedly been
robbed at gunpoint by two men. Carrillo was lying about the use of guns in the
robbery; Pasadena police say that Carrillo’s untruthful phone call led them to
believe that McDade was armed when they approached him in an alley a couple of
blocks from where the robbery took place. Kendrec allegedly reached for his
waistband, prompting the police to fire upon him, killing him.
McDade did not have a weapon.
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