Marco Vazquez Jr.'s family witnessed him killed by LA Sherrif's dept. in front of them during a mental health crisis. Officers then held them for hours to extract testimony to avoid liability. #AB572 plans to stop this awful and exploitative police tactic. #ProtectYourPeople https://t.co/GLXt7nBwPH (tw)

Often times, moments after loved ones are injured or killed by police, families are ‘interviewed’ by police interrogation tactic espoused by a private company called Lexipol that trains police officers on how to squeeze information from families to protect police from lawsuits and criminal charges. The families think the officers are there to help them but instead they are taken advantage of during the most vulnerable time of their lives, which then lead to regret for the rest of their lives. The family of Marco Vazquez Jr. (37 years old) witnessed their loved one shot and killed in front of their eyes during a mental health crisis. Right away officers pushed his family away from him and told the family they had to go to the station where they were held for about 10-11 hours overnight. During those hours officers had a TV on where the family had to hear the false narrative of what happened to Marco, knowing that what they heard was all a lie, it was all being fed into the community. Officers have no respect for the families that they’ve just broke into millions of pieces, who are left being The bill AB 572 comes directly from the experiences of SV De-Bug families who have lost loved ones to police. For more information: protectyourpeoplesj.org/ab572 (fb)