The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office ruled Diego Rios’ death a homicide, according to its report released Thursday.
The ruling comes months after Diego Rios died in police custody after being stopped by Claremont Police Corporal Benjamin Alba and Officer Joshua Orona Nov. 28.
Since Diego Rios’s death, 5C students have rallied with the Rios family to ask the city for transparency and the release of missing body camera footage. The homicide investigations conducted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LACSD) and the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office are still ongoing…