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charisse18
Sep 2, 2022
SJPD Officer Mike Pina was found liable for the murder of Jacob Dominguez.
SJPD Officer Mike Pina was found liable for the murder of Jacob Dominguez. Wednesday morning, family received the call that the verdict...


charisse18
Aug 31, 2022
Jacob's Killing Represents the “Systemic illness in our Police Department”; Closing Arguments Made
On Friday, the City of San Jose and the attorney for the family of Jacob gave their closing arguments. This is the last opportunity the...


charisse18
Aug 29, 2022
City of San Jose & SJPD Align Themselves with Rising White Nationalist Movement in the United States
On Thursday, the attorneys for the City of San Jose called use-of-force expert John Black to defend Mike Pina’s murder of Jacob...


charisse18
Aug 27, 2022
San Jose Police's Use of Lethal Force on Jacob: Rotten, Aggressive Tactics from Top to Bottom
San Jose City attorneys continued their defense of Officer Mike Pina by calling up Sergeant Mauricio Jimenez and Lieutenant Gustavo...


charisse18
Aug 25, 2022
Cop Who Falsely Said Jacob Was Armed Admits It Was All Based on Uncorroborated Claims by Informant
Today, Mr. Crawley called his last witness to help the jury assess the damages caused by Jacob’s murder. After Mr. Crawley rested, the...


charisse18
Aug 24, 2022
“ …A whole piece of my heart was taken out”: Testimony from Jacob's son, Jacob Jr.
Jacob’s first born son, Jacob Jr. bravely took the stand today, he was only in 2nd grade when he lost his father and now at 12 years old,...


charisse18
Aug 24, 2022
"All I ever wanted was accountability, for my kids. They ask me why the officer didn't go to jail."
Jessica Dominguez, Jacob’s widow, testified over the span of three days of the trial describing the Jacob she and their children knew....


charisse18
Aug 23, 2022
Ballistics Expert and Use of Force Expert Confirm Police Lied to Cover Up the Execution of Jacob
Day 3 of the civil trial for the police killing of Jacob Dominguez was both powerful to see the police get caught in lies, but also...


charisse18
Aug 22, 2022
"...I have a family. I'm not taking chance of him coming up with a cell phone." - SJPD Officer Pina
For the second day of the civil trial against Officer Mike Pina and the City of San Jose, all three officers involved in Jacob...


charisse18
Aug 19, 2022
Opening Arguments Begin
Nearly five years after SJPD Covert Response Unit officer Mike Pina shot and killed Jacob Dominguez, he is facing civil trial for use of...


charisse18
Aug 15, 2022
How did we get here? (Stay Tuned For Court Updates)
How did we get here? On September 15, 2017, Jacob was stripped from our family. We were angry, saddened and in disbelief. We still...
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