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DA Charges Officer White – Off-Duty Cop Who Shot Rachel Silva & Her Son

July 29, 2008 by Staff

KNSD-TV / Tues., July. 29, 2008SAN DIEGO – Charges were filed Tuesday against an off-duty San Diego police officer who shot an 8-year-old boy and his mother during a traffic dispute. District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis made the announcement Tuesday in connection with the March 15 shooting involving Officer Frank White, 28. He was charged with […]

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State A.G.’s Office Goes After Rachel Silva, Woman Wounded by Off-duty Officer

June 9, 2008 by Frank Gormlie

Silva & son are wounded by White, an off-duty police officer; she’s charged with felony child endangerment and a host of misdemeanors; Officer White continues to walk OCEANSIDE – It was bound to happen. The way it was all set up. The State’s Attorney General took over the prosecution of Rachel Silva, the woman who […]

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San Diego approves $500,000 in settlement with boy wounded by off-duty cop

July 27, 2011 by Source
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The father of a child who was shot by an off-duty San Diego policeman during a 2008 road rage confrontation with the child’s mother in Oceanside has settled his son’s federal civil rights lawsuit with the city of San Diego for $500,000.

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Trial of off-duty cop who shot Oceanside mom and her son to begin

May 27, 2009 by Source
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The trial of San Diego Police Officer Frank White, the officer accused of shooting an Oceanside woman and her 8-year old son, begins Thursday, May 28th.

Rachel Silva, 27, and her son were both seriously injured when they were shot by Frank White on March 15, 2008 in an Oceanside parking lot.

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San Diego Plays ‘Sophie’s Choice’ for Fascists

July 17, 2008 by Staff

Commentary on the Oceanside shooting / road-rage incident – Rachel Silva, her 8 year old son, and Officer White by Lawrence M. Ludlow / Strike the Root / July 16, 2008 Anyone who has seen the 1982 film Sophie’s Choice remembers the acting of Meryl Streep. She played the role of Polish immigrant Sophie Zawistowski, […]

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Off-Duty Cop Who Fired 5 Shots – Wounding Unarmed Woman and Her 8 Year Old Son – Should Be Jailed for Attempted Murder

March 27, 2008 by Staff

Wounding Rachel Silva & Son, Officer Frank White Is Still Free – Which Shows That There Is a Two-Tiered Justice System: One for Cops and the Other for the Rest of Us By Joe Frustrated. SAN DIEGO, CA. Today, Rachel Silva told her side of the story. With Gene Iredale, her lawyer, by her side, […]

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