In 1973, Dallas Police officer Darrell Cain arrested Santos Rodriguez and his brother on suspicion of burglary. They insisted they were innocent but, Cain used a game of Russian roulette to coerced a confession.
PUBLISHED 4:00 PM CST Feb. 14, 2022DALLAS — Almost 50 years after his death, a statue of Santos Rodriguez sits in the place he frequented as a young boy, Pike Park in Dallas. A Dallas police officer shot Rodriguez to death in what Mayor Eric Johnson described as a “shame on our city.
Officer Darrell Cain was sentenced to five years in role for the death of Rodriguez and only served half of his sentence“Santos Rodriguez should still be here with us today,” wrote Johnson on Facebook. “He should have been able to spend the day at Pike Park with his family. This new statue of Santos at the park will serve as a reminder of the horrific injustice of his death — a cruel and careless murder committed nearly 50 years ago by a Dallas police officer when Santos was only 12 years old.
Hundreds gathered to see the unveiling of the statue. Attendees covered it in flowers as they wept, looking at his image.“Time doesn’t heal all wounds. We must take intentional steps to heal. And this was an important and overdue step for our city and for Santos’ family.”Santos Rodriguez should still be with us today. He should have been able to spend the day at Pike Park with his...
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