KILO
KILO OF
KILO OF METH. THEY SEARCHED THE SUSPECT'S
HOME, AND FOUND ALL OF THIS.
ONE PERSON WAS ARRESTED, BUT WE
DON'T HAVE THEIR NAME YET.
AND THAT IS YOUR NIGHTLY
SNAPSHOT.
SNAPSHOT.
SNAPSHOT. >>> SANTOS RODRIGUEZ.
IT IS A NAME THE CITY OF DALLAS
SHOULD NEVER FORGET.
47 YEARS AGO TODAY, A DALLAS
POLICE OFFICER PLAYED A GAME OF
RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH AN
+@INNOCENT CHILD, AND MURDERED
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. NEARLY 50 YEARS LATER, SANTOS'S
MOTHER AND BROTHER BOTH HAVE
NOT RECOVERED.
NOT RECOVERED. >> IT MEANT EVE+@RYTHING TO ME.
IT IS MY SON.
WHAT THEY DID TO HIM WASN'T
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE. >> THE BRUTAL MURDER OF SANTOS
RODRIGUEZ, IN 1973, AT THE
HANDS OF A DALLAS POLICE
OFFICER, SPARKED OUTRAGE IN THE
STREETS OF DOWNTOWN, DOLLARS.
CRIES FOR JUSTICE, WE ARE
HEARING ON THE SAME STREETS.
NEARLY 50 YEARS LATER.
>> IN SOME WAY, I DON'T WANT TO
RECOLLECT, I DON'T WANT TO GO
BACK.
BACK.
BACK. >>
BACK. >> NOT A DAY GOES BY THAT BETSY
RODRIGUEZ DOESN'T THINK ABOUT
HER SON, AND THE WAY HE DIED.
>> OF COURSE, THE ONE
UNANSWERED QUESTION AND
EVERYBODY'S MIND, WHY?
WHY DI+@D A DALLAS POLICE OFFIC
POINT HIS PISTOL AT A
YOUNGSTER'S HEAD?
YOUNGSTER'S HEAD? +@
YOUNGSTER'S HEAD? >> HE HAD THE GUN, RIGHT THERE,
NEAR HIS T+@EMPLE.
HE KEPT ON TELLING HIM, HE
DIDN'T TELL THE TRUTH, HE WAS
GOING TO SHOOT HIM.
>> Reporter: IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT, JULY 24th, 1973,
SANTOS, AND HIS BROTHER, WERE
TAKEN FROM THEIR HOME,
HANDCUFFED AND PUT INSIDE A
PATROL CAR.
PATROL CAR. TWO DALLAS POLICE OFFICERS
ACCUSED THEM OF STEALING EIGHT
DOLLARS HIM A CIGARETTE M+@ACHI
AT A+@ NEARBY GAS STATION.
WHILE TRYING TO FORCE A
CONFESSION, OFFICER DARRELL
KANE POINTED HI+@S POLICE PISTO
AT SANTOS'S HEAD, AND PULLED
THE TRIGGER, MURDERING HIM.
SANTOS WAS JUST 12.
KANE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF
MURDER, AND SERVED ONLY 2 1/2
YEARS OF HIS FIVE YEAR
SENTENCE.
SENTENCE.
SENTENCE. >> H+@E JUST GOT AWAY WITH IT.
>> Reporter: BETSY IS NEARLY 8
YEARS OLD, SHE, AND HER SON,
DAVID, WHO AT 13 WITNESSED HIS
BRUTAL MURDER OF HIS BROTHER
FEEL LIKE THEY HAVEN'T TREATED
MORE AS A NUISANCE, THEN LOVED
ONES WHO ARE STI+@LL SUFFERING.
>> YOU FEEL YOU HAVE BEEN
FORGOTTEN?
FORGOTTEN? >> YES I DO.
>> IN FACT, FOR DECADES, DALLAS
DIDN'T EVEN ADDRESS THE
FAMILY'S PAIN, UNTIL+@ THE MAYO
PUBLICLY APOLOGIZED IN 2013.
>> ON BEHALF OF THE DALLAS
POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE
WHOLEHEART+@EDLY APOLOGIZE FOR
THE DEATH.
THE DEATH. >> 30 YEARS TO GET AN APOLOGY +@
FROM DALLAS.
FROM DALLAS. >> Reporter: THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE DALLAS PEACE
AND JUSTICE CENTER HAS WORKED
WITH LOCAL LEADERS FOR YEARS TO
TRY TO HELP BETSY.
>> DALLAS HAS+@ GOT A VERY DARK
HISTORY, AND FOR MANY, MANY
YEARS IT HAS BEEN AWAY FROM
THIS LIGHT.
THIS LIGHT. >> Reporter: HE SAYS THE CITY
CAN ONLY CHANGE ITS FUTURE, BY
REMEMBERING THE SINS OF ITS
+@PAST AND PRESENT.
>> IT IS A SIGNIFICANT STORY,
AND DALLAS MUST MAKE AMENDS
WITH SANTOS RODRIGUEZ.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE.
>> Reporter: LAST YEAR+@, THE
COMMUNITY CENTER AT HYDE PARK
IN UPTOWN DALLAS, WHERE SANTOS
USED TO PLAY, WAS RENAMED AFTER
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. THE
HIM. THE CITY OF DALLAS PLANS ON
UNVEILING THIS MEMORIAL STATUE
AT HYDE PARK, NEXT YEAR, ALONG
WITH RENOVATING THE BUILDING
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. CURRENT CITY LEADERS ARE TRYING
TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT, BECAUSE IT
IS NEVER TOO LATE TO RIGHT A
WRONG.
WRONG.
WRONG. >>
WRONG. >> H+@E WAS SPECIAL.
I WILL STILL GO TO THE CEMETERY
AND TAKEN FLOWERS, AND GO AND
PRAY FOR HIM.
>> Reporter: BETSY STILL VISITS
HER SON'S GRAVE, EVERY MONTH.
>> I HAVE DONE ALL THIS YEAR.
>> Reporter: SHE WANTS TO
BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO SANTOS
WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN, BUT SHE HAS
LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW
OTHERWISE.
OTHERWISE. >> SANTO WAS NOT THE FIRST AND
HE WILL NOT BE THE LAST.
>> I DO NOT WANT THEM TO FORGET
THE INJUSTICE THEY HAVE DONE.
>> DARRELL KANE DIED LAST YEAR,
IN LUBBOCK.
IN LUBBOCK. IN HIS OBITUARY, MISSING ANY
+@ MENTION HE WAS EVER+@ A DALLAS
POLICE OFFICER.
POLICE OFFICER. WE TRACKED DOWN HIS FAMILY, AND
SPOKE TO THEM, AT LENGTH, ABOUT
THIS STORY.
THIS STORY. THEY DECLINED TO SAY ANYTHING.
THERE IS A REMEMBER SANTOS
CARAVAN, TOMORROW MORNING AT
9:00 A.M., IN DALLAS.
IT STARTS AT PIKE PARK AND ENDS
AT OAKLAND CEMETERY, WHERE A
MEMORIAL SERVICE STARTS AT
10:00 A.M.