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EL CAJON—Southwestern College students and staff were among demonstrator who flocked to El Cajon to protest the shooting of an African-American man who pointed a vaping device at police officers.

Dead at the scene was Alfred Olango, an Ugandan immigrant law enforcement officials said took a “shooting stance” and pointed an object at police.

Olango’s sister, Lucy Peterson, called 911 three times for assistance for her brother, whom she said was “not acting like himself.” Peterson was distraught when responding police killed her brother with three shots to the chest.

“I told the police please don’t shoot him, he’s mentally sick,” Peterson said. “I did not call the officers to come and kill my brother right in front of me.”

El Cajon police officers shot and killed Olango after he took a “shooting stance“ with what was later identified as a vaping device.

Aaron Harvey was addressing SWC’s UMOJA Black Lives Matter gathering when he got the message that Olango had been killed.

“I was speaking at the UMOJA Conference and I got called saying a brother had been shot by the police,” he said. “I think anytime an injustice is going to happen to people of color, it is going to be our duty to show up and support.”

Harvey said he joined a group of more than 100 people protesting for transparency, reform and justice. Standing with the mourners, police and news vans was Tai Dorch and her 2-year-old, son McCoy.

“We came out here to support our community of beautiful black brothers and sisters,” she said. “My son is a prince and will grow up to be a warrior and no one will shoot him down.”

Dorch said she had been sitting outside her apartment when she heard the gunshots.

“The police don’t want this getting out to the public,” she said. “They are telling us to keep quiet.”

Word spread of the incident and protesters of many races lined up outside of the El Cajon Police Department demanding answers. They were infuriated when they realized a 10 p.m. news conference was not open to the public.

El Cajon resident Mark Wallice was among the many who screamed for support from the crowd to force open the doors.

“Y’all ain’t mad, you need to get mad!” he shouted. “Today it’s your brother getting shot, next month it’s your mama getting shot.”

SWC sociology student Greg Larkin, 24, silently taped messages to the windows of the department building that read, “We Want Reform.”

“It’s time for change within the police departments,” he said. “Shooting is not the answer and they have become reliant on these weapons during their arrests. Policemen are scared of black people. They’ve built this racism. Whether it be apparent to them or not, it’s there and it’s what they are acting on.”

Protests continued into the weekend and became a national story covered by CNN, ABC, CBS, KNX, the Los Angeles Times and other state and national media organizations.

Annette Gaines, 58, held a red candlestick in her hand as she stood on the nighttime street with the other protesters.

“This candle here stands for the light in this darkness,” she said. “I just want peace to come from all this.”

 

 

The above video was taken Wednesday 28. It shows a man who was wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat running from a group of angry protestors before being pulled away to safety and told to leave by peaceful protestor. Soon after, a group of demonstrators started to form a human wall to block off access to the Trump supporter. After the video ends, peaceful demonstrators started calling for angry protestors to stop confronting police that had arrived on the scene and instead turn back to the main site of the protest.