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Dallas Dedicates Statue To Santos Rodriguez, Child Killed By Police 50 Years Ago
"What had happened here in Dallas did not only shake our city, but it shook the nation," Pauline Medrano said.
February 12, 2022
Flowers rest on the new statue of Santos Rodriguez in Pike Park. The 12-year-old was shot and killed nearly 50 years ago by a Dallas Police Officer in a game of Russian roulette.
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“What had happened here in Dallas did not only shake our city, but it shook the nation,” Pauline Medrano said.
In 1973, officers yanked Santos and his brother out of bed in hopes of getting them to confess to stealing from a gas station. His killer, former officer Darrell Cain, only served two and half years in prison.
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