A person accused of working down his 63-year-old former Mt. San Antonio Faculty coworker with a car had named the sufferer in a social media tirade about his time on the college, on-line posts present.
Deputies have been known as to the Walnut campus round 7:30 a.m. Dec. 1 relating to a pedestrian who had been hit by a car. The sufferer, tram driver Rafael Barragan Jr., was pronounced useless on the scene.
The Los Angeles County district legal professional’s workplace charged James Milliken, 38, with homicide this week in reference to the crash.
“The visitors collision seems to be an intentional act,” the L.A. County Sheriff’s Division mentioned Thursday.
In pages of a Microsoft Phrase doc posted to Milliken’s Fb web page Oct. 5, 2021, the suspect wrote of his alleged mistreatment whereas employed with the faculty as a tram driver.
Within the submit, Milliken mentioned he had skilled microaggressions and feedback about his hair whereas working on the college. “These little humiliations and deep-cutting feedback mentioned by many people within the office are solely mentioned to or about African American staff,” Milliken wrote.
In a single passage, Milliken alleged that Barragan, who’s talked about by identify, threatened him a number of instances and “additionally satisfied others to participate within the harassment and take up a threatening posture in opposition to me.”
Milliken wrote that he submitted a human assets criticism which was “deliberately leaked.”
College officers confirmed that Milliken had been employed by Mt. SAC and resigned in 2021. Officers additionally confirmed that the Fb web page containing the paperwork belonged to Milliken.
Barragan, who had labored at Mt. SAC since 2007 transporting college students with disabilities by means of the college’s ACCESS program, was remembered by officers as a warm-hearted presence on campus.
“Ralph was extremely seen on campus, gracious, widespread and revered,” Mt. SAC President William Scroggins mentioned in a press release despatched to the campus neighborhood.
“We’re all stuffed with so many feelings,” Audrey Yamagata-Noji, vice chairman of scholar providers, mentioned in a press release. “Ralph was our good friend, our buddy, our ray of sunshine.”
“Ralph did a lot greater than transport ACCESS college students — he was their good friend, their mentor, their encourager,” Yamagata-Noji mentioned. “To colleagues, he was at all times round to be supportive, to smile, to wave, to cease to point out you footage of his household, to recollect one thing about you, to take an curiosity in you and your life.”
A memorial for Barragan was arrange on campus Monday, and a memorial ceremony is scheduled for Friday afternoon.
A GoFundMe for Barragan’s household was launched by the college Wednesday.
