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Meanwhile, the district attorney’s office faces mounting pressure to appoint a special prosecutor, with community activists and several city council members arguing that the longstanding professional relationships between local law enforcement could compromise the investigation.
As funeral services were held for Ruiz and Carter this week, hundreds of mourners gathered to honor the victims while protesters outside the courthouse demanded justice. The tragedy has laid bare deep divisions in the community,
with some defending the Whitmore family’s right to due process while others accuse the system of protecting its own. With the suspect now facing two counts of first-degree murder and six counts of attempted murder, the coming months promise a painful reckoning—not just for one family,
but for an entire community forced to confront uncomfortable truths about privilege, justice, and whether the badge sometimes blinds its wearers to their own biases.
