A Santos Rodriguez memorial proclamation occurs today in the flag room at Dallas City Hall at 10:00AM.
Council Member Jesse Moreno (D2) will proclaim July 24 as Día de Santos Rodriguez.
The event will consist of coalition affiliated organization representatives speaking on this event’s historical significance.
The Santos Vive Coalition is a conglomeration of organizations intent on the preservation of the history of this incident.
Santos Rodriguez Life
On the morning of July 24, 1973, 30-year-old Dallas Police Officer Darrell Lee Cain murdered Rodriguez, a 12-year-old who was sitting in Cain’s vehicle.
Cain shot Rodriguez while playing Russian Roulette trying to force a confession from he and his brother.
Cain was sentenced to the minimum five years in prison for murder with malice. He was released in September 1979 He served just two-and-a-half-years of his sentence.
The proclamation comes as another case gets ready to go before a civil jury in September – the case of Tony Timpa.
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