Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Marine veteran Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. killed by police who "came to help"

Marine veteran Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. killed after clash with police who responded to his medical emergency Exclusive:
White Plains police came to 'help,' but shot 68-year-old with stun gun and beanbag gun
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Wednesday, April 4, 2012,
What began as a mission of mercy at a public housing project in White Plains ended with police killing the very man they had been dispatched to help. By the time the rapidly escalating conflict was over, police had zapped a 68-year-old former Marine and correction officer with a stun gun, shot him with a beanbag gun and blasted him twice in the chest.

The chronically ill Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. died at White Plains Hospital shortly after the early-morning clash on Nov. 19. Only now, more than four months after the fact, have authorities finally agreed to convene a grand jury to determine if the cops committed a crime.

 Like 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, Chamberlain was African-American, and his death has added fuel to the growing national debate that has flared since the Florida teen was killed on Feb. 26. As in Florida, the White Plains incident received little press attention for weeks and authorities resisted a grand jury probe.

Since then, accounts have surfaced that at least one officer was heard on a tape hurling racial epithets and taunts in the moments before cops removed Chamberlain’s apartment door from its hinges and burst inside. During the past several days, nearly 200,000 people have signed an online petition demanding justice in Chamberlain’s case. White Plains Mayor Tom Roach on Friday issued his first public statement of condolences to the dead man’s family. read more here 68 year old Ex-Marine's medic alert alarm got him killed by police

1 comment:

  1. UPDATE

    No one will be charged for this

    http://woundedtimes.blogspot.com/2012/05/no-trial-for-white-plains-cop-who-shot.html

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