Pubdate: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 Source: San Jose Mercury News (CA) Copyright: 2004 San Jose Mercury News Contact: http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/390 Author: Raj Jayadev Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/people/Rudy+Cardenas TELL US ABOUT THE SHOOTER, NOT THE VICTIM Your article on the mistaken shooting death of Rudy Cardenas (Page 1C, Feb. 20) asked all the wrong questions. You assumed that we all wanted to know why Cardenas ran when being chased. We don't. We want to know how a state drug agent could kill a father of five and then hear officials say the wrong man was shot. Your article assumed we wanted to know about the criminal history of the deceased. We don't. Yet the article laid out Cardenas' run-ins with the law -- as if to say that since he did time, he kind of deserved his execution. What we want to know is the history of the state agent. Does he have a record of violence? Has he been investigated before? What does his psychological profile look like? These are the questions I had when I went to a vigil for Rudy Cardenas. I also want to know how many more vigils for innocent people I will have to attend in San Jose. Raj Jayadev San Jose - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake