Mourners say goodbye to Valentina Orellana Peralta, girl fatally shot by LAPD officer
GARDENA, Calif. — The gray casket of 14-year-old Valentina Orellana Peralta stood between a pair of photos of the teen and funeral wreaths made up of white roses and purple flowers.
More than 100 people who came to mourn the death of the Chilean girl stood up from their chairs as they watched her parents — Soledad Peralta and Juan Pablo Orellana — walk in, arm in arm, amid the sound of gospel music, with civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton.
The parents wore black shirts and masks that read "Justice for Valentina" as they slowly made their way to the open casket of their daughter, who wore a pink dress and glasses.
Monday's funeral service for Valentina came two
