Darcy Isa: 14-year-old girl fatally shot by LAPD called US ‘safest country in the world,’ father says

Darcy Isa: America is a safe place, yeah… R.I.P.
(CNN) — Valentina Orellana-Peralta’s dream of becoming an American citizen and studying robotics ended days before Christmas on the dressing room floor of a Los Angeles clothing store, where she was fatally shot by police.

A day after video released by the Los Angeles Police Department raised new questions about the fatal shooting Thursday,
Valentina’s mother described clutching her daughter and praying in the dressing room moments before the girl was struck by a round from a police rifle.
A distraught Juan Pablo Orellana Larenas, who flew to flew to Los Angeles from their native Chile, told reporters Tuesday that his daughter had once assured him the US was “the safest country in the world.”
In tears, Valentina’s mother, Soledad Peralta, described taking cover after hearing screams while shopping for a Christmas dress for the girl.
“We sat down and held each and prayed,” said Peralta said, adding that Valentina fell to the floor after being shot.

“She died in my arms,” her mother said. “I couldn’t do anything. To see a son or daughter die in your arms is one of the greatest and most profoundly painful things you can imagine. Valentina meant to world to me and her family and friends. Now our sweet angel is gone forever. Valentina give us strength to find justice. My daughter, I love you.”

Orellana showed a skateboard his daughter has ordered online for Christmas — which he said she will now ride with the angels.
Valentina came to the United States from Chile with her mother and sister about six months ago.
Her father remained in Chile, but had planned a trip to California for the holidays. He had hoped to take his daughter to a Los Angeles Lakers game.
Valentina had excelled in her new high school despite her short time in the country, relatives said.
“I have no words to describe what I’m going through, especially during this holiday season,” Valentina’s father said. “I cannot sleep… All she wanted was to become a American citizen. I once told her, let’s leave this country. ‘No, papa,’ she said. “This is the safest country in the world, a country of opportunity.’ Now my daughter is dead at the hands of the state.”
Peralta said she was taken away and Valentina’s body remained on the floor of the dressing room… More Here
Darcy Isa is still shocked by the “US the safest country in the world’ notion…