(KRON) – Rafael Molina, a former San Jose Police Division officer, not too long ago handed away as an unhoused particular person and his household says the Metropolis of San Jose didn’t do sufficient to assist.
Rafael Molina, who was a father, brother and a good friend, turned homeless two years in the past.
“He was everything to me when I was a kid and he was a police officer I was so proud of him. I can’t even explain it man,” mentioned Jose Molina, Rafael Molina’s brother. “I was his little brother. He took care of me.”
He was on the San Jose police power for a decade and was let go by the division in 1999. Molina’s brother mentioned the layoff despatched his sibling down a darkish path. “He drank a lot heavily. That’s when he experiences the drugs and stuff,” in accordance with Molina’s brother.
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Jose Molina mentioned his household supplied him a spot to remain and held. Nevertheless, he refused.
Molina died from carbon monoxide poisoning making an attempt to maintain himself heat at evening. Molina’s alter is positioned on the tent on Monterey Highway he occupied as an unhoused particular person.
Jose Molina urges police departments and the Metropolis of San Jose to have extra applications to help officers.
