How Can You Shoot Yourself in the Head After Being Frisked, Handcuffed Behind Your Back?

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http://www.alternet.org/activism/protesters-fight-justice-jesus-huerta

Protesters Want to Know: How Can You Shoot Yourself in the Head After Being Frisked and Handcuffed Behind Your Back?

Durham, N.C. riot police at justice for Jesus Huerta rally.

On Sunday, protesters narrowly avoided a clash with riot police in Durham, North Carolina, when they took to the streets on the two-month anniversary of the mysterious death of 17-year-old Jesus “Chuy” Huerta.

On Nov. 19, 2013, Huerta died of a gunshot wound while handcuffed in the back of a police car. The police ruled it a suicide, and last week, the Durham district attorney announced that, based on findings by the State Bureau of Investigation, no charges would be brought against the officer in the car.

That isn’t enough for Huerta’s grieving family or for community members who view Huerta’s death within the lens of Durham Police Department’s long history of police brutality, racial profiling and lack of transparency. Their outcry has been met with further aggression from the police: on the one-month anniversary of the tragedy, officers in riot gear teargassed 150 demonstrators holding a vigil in downtown Durham. But DPD's tactics did not deter demonstrators from gathering again on the two-month anniversary of Huerta's death.

Taking To the Streets

At dusk on Sunday, a crowd convened outside Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, where an interfaith vigil for Jesus Huerta was scheduled for later in the evening. The rally was organized by a loose network of people unaffiliated with any particular organization. Rafael Estrada, one of the organizers, spoke through a bullhorn to the crowd.

[newfie11]

1. No and this is a most obvious coverup

Corruption is everywhere.
Police, courts, government

[vt_native]

2. It is only possible

if you are a black person in the South.

Federal Civil rights investigation, anyone?

Actually, police murders of all types of people everywhere seems to be getting a pass these days.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Good question. There cannot be an acceptable answer.

[malaise]

4. You can't

[jberryhill]

5. Allegedly, like this...

[LiberalArkie]

6. awful loose handcuffs.

[Enthusiast]

7. They want us to believe Huerta was like Houdini.

[flying rabbit]

8. Jesus.

[marmar]

9. sad k/r