Naming Police Officers Who Kill in California

New Functionality in the Police Records Access Project Highlights the Names of Individual Police Officers Oakland resident Erik Salgado was 23 years old when he was stopped by the California Highway Patrol after a report of reckless driving.  Police fired more than 40 rounds into his vehicle. He was shot 18 times, and his pregnant girlfriend next to him in the car was also shot. Erik died, while his girlfriend survived—though she lost the baby. Though Erik was unarmed, the police claimed that Erik was ramming them with his vehicle. Neighbors say the scene was chaotic:  “They kept yelling for him to turn off the car, but he was dead. And then ...