Family of Israel Hernandez Wants Officer Arrested
The family of a young graffiti artist who died after he was Shot by a Miami Beach Police officer’s Taser is gathering to deman the officer’s arrest in his death. Israel “Reefa” Hernandez died last August after he was shot with the Taser by Officer Jorge Mercado after he was spotted spray painting a storefront. Hernandez, 19, died an hour later at the hospital.