Cousins of murder say cops slashed their tires

There are fresh accusations coming from the Galvez family tonight and it’s against the police.  Today Yolanda Schakron, the aunt of murder victim, Chris Galvez, told News Five that last night two of her twelve year old nephews were approached and intimidated by officers on motorcycles on Amara Avenue.  One of the officers, according to the two boys, pulled out a knife and slashed his bicycle tire. The minors admit they were in the wrong when they were double riding, but still they feel they were directly attacked because they are related to Galvez, who was killed on the night of December twenty-second, 2009 at Pipersburgh Boatyard.  Because the youths are minors we will not show their faces, but they gave us the details of what happened.

Voice of: Cousin of Chris Galvez, Allege Police Harassment

“My ma tell me mek I go drop something back by Yabra soh I stop dah my cousin house, he seh mek ah go wid yoh.  Soh I tell he okay we gwein, soh we ride soh pan one bike and we di come back fi come home and di man dehn di follow we from way back soh.  So when we come and dehn notice we di come fi come yah soh dah Red House ih seh stop he because ih neva mi di do nothing and den ih haul out wah pen and wah paper first den ih play like ih mi wah write down fi he name den ih haul out wah knife. And ih shub it through di wheel and ih turn it and dehn ih watch me eena my face and holla “You too”?”

Voice of: Cousin of Chris Galvez, Allege Police Harassment

“Dehn mi deh pan di green cycle deh and di man tell me jump off ah di bike but deh mi done jump off.  But deh never really mi di watch he, dehn mi di watch me.  And di man pull pan di side and di man haul out wah book and wah pen but before di man write down anything di man watch me eena my face hard fi wah good five seconds soh and I see di man put back did pen eena ih book and haul out wah switchblade and cut my tire.  Maybe di man when ih watch me ih cud tell I dah Galvez from ih watch me inna my face and ih just haul out ih blade and cut my tire.”