Among swing sets and a community garden in Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood, a plaque reminds parkgoers of a young boy whose life was taken by a police officer half a century ago. In July of 1973, Santos Rodriguez was killed by a police officer in Dallas, Texas. The 12-year-old boy was shot while handcuffed in the back of a squad car. Estela Ortega a long-time community advocate in Seattle, said the news of the 1973 killing spread across the country by word of mouth and newspaper clippings, arriving in Seattle at a time when the city had a growing Latino population that was still finding its footing. Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/community/facing-race/santos-rodriguez-memorial-park/281-eb13d76d-3626-495b-acba-d8778284fa61