Thursday, January 30, 2025

Police kill her son and she receives restraining order from Santa Clara authorities

restraining order by Santa Clara authorities

As if it were a bad joke, Cindy Chávez, mother of a man killed in 2017 by a San José Police Department officer, received a restraining order from Santa Clara authorities to protect the officer who killed her son.

The temporary restraining order, filed by the San Jose city attorney in September, requires Chávez, 58, to stay at least 300 yards away from San Jose Police Department Sgt. Mike Pina, who fatally shot her son, Jacob Dominguez, in 2017, San Jose Spotlight reporter Brian Howey reported.

Che ez, clarified that he has no relationship with Supervisor Cindy Che ez, who is a candidate for mayor of San Jose.