The Mendez Brothers Trial

If they claim abuse, is it possible to sympathize with the two calculated killers? The jury of the first trial of Menendez brothers thought so. Brothers Menendez came from a wealthy family living in Beverly Hills, but everything was not as luxurious as it seems. Lyle and Erik Menendez seem to have it all, but their family is said to have a secret. This secret eventually appeared on the day they killed their parents with cold blood. Brothers, like professional men, shot their parents at their own house.

This is the story of the Mendes family and the fight against equality. When I was young, Silvia Mendes and her brothers were Mexican, so I refused to quit their community school. They were said to need to attend a nearby Mexican school, but never gave a satisfactory reason. Eventually, the Mendes family won the battle to end isolated education in California through litigation with other family organizations. This book includes interviews with Sylvia Mendez, news coverage, trial files.

On 15th February 2011, President Barack Obama introduced the president to Silvia Mendes, the daughter of Gonzalo Mendes, the main plaintiff of the lawsuit. A medal of freedom. Together with her two brothers, Lee, Junior and Jerome, she was forbidden to enter the school of local Westminster and formed a lawsuit based on Mexican-American students. Silvia has been awarded for many years to encourage student enrollment and to forget the importance of Mendes vs. Westminster in American history.

Soledad Vidaurri went to Westminster elementary school and recruited her children and her brother Gonzalo Mendes: Gonzalo, Geronimo and Sylvia. Westminster School informs Vedariri that her child can enroll. However, Gonzalo, Jeronimo, Silvia are not allowed by skin color. (Viduarri's children have a slight skin tone and surname of Basque, so they are not distinguished by different schools.) In case that her brother's child can not be admitted to the hospital after hearing this news. Parents Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez tried to arrange for Geronimo, Gonzalo, Sylvia to consult school manager to attend school, but neither party was able to reach an agreement