Correspondence - Item No. 27 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Zuniga, Diana From: Khue Bui < Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 2:55 PM To: eComment Subject: Public Comment, 5/20 Santa Ana City Council — Hold SAPD accountable for their violence and negligence Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana.Use caution when opening attachments or links. To the Santa Ana City Council, My name is Khue Bui, and I am writing to demand accountability from the Santa Ana Police Department. The City Council must take immediate action—the people of Santa Ana deserve justice when officers kill, harass, or withhold vital information from the community. On December 1, 2024,two SAPD officers, Luis Casillas and Isaac Ibarra, shot and killed Noe Rodriguez, despite the fact that he only spoke Spanish and could not understand their English commands. Officer Casillas fired 18 rounds, and Officer Ibarra fired 11. Noe's family—including his two young daughters—has been left devastated, yet the department has refused to provide them with a complete police report. Body camera footage reveals that Noe posed no threat, yet the officers continued shooting as he fell to the ground. His family is demanding justice: Casillas and Ibarra must be held accountable for this killing,just as any civilian would be. They should face criminal charges, and I stand with the family in this demand. The City Council must act to ensure justice is served. Allowing these officers to remain on patrol, endangering more lives, is unacceptable. Additionally, I am deeply troubled by Ben Camacho's recent report exposing SAPD's secrecy regarding ICE collaboration. Since January, SAPD has received 42 notifications from ICE about enforcement actions in Santa Ana—yet this information was withheld from the public, the City Council, and even the Police Oversight Commission when Chief Robert Rodriguez and Commander Jorge Lopez were directly questioned. Under the Trump administration's aggressive anti-immigrant policies, transparency is critical, especially in a city where 46% of residents are immigrants. Many in our community live in fear, afraid to leave their homes. SAPD must immediately alert the public about any ICE-related communications to protect residents from detention or deportation. The people of Santa Ana deserve better. They deserve a City Council that will stand up for justice when police kill residents without consequence and conceal information that threatens community safety. We demand action now. Khue Bui (he/him) i