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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKilled at Home: White Plains, NY Police Called Out on Medical Alert Shoot Dead Black Veteran, 68
As the Trayvon Martin case draws national attention, we look at another fatal shooting of an African-American male that has received far less scrutiny. Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr., a 68-year-old African-American Marine veteran, was fatally shot in November by White Plains, NY, police who responded to a false alarm from his medical alert pendant. The officers broke down Chamberlains door, tasered him, and then shot him dead. Audio of the entire incident was recorded by the medical alert device in Chamberlains apartment. Were joined by family attorneys and Chamberlains son, Kenneth Chamberlain, Jr., who struggles through tears to recount his fathers final moments, including the way police officers mocked his fathers past as a marine. "For them to look at my father that way, (with) no regard for his life, every morning I think about it," he says.
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/3/29/killed_at_home_white_plains_ny
then go read this:
http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/03/29/the-future-of-republican-health-care/
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Killed at Home: White Plains, NY Police Called Out on Medical Alert Shoot Dead Black Veteran, 68 (Original Post)
kpete
Mar 2012
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This story is so sad. It makes me cry. A veteran being treated this way.
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2012
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southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)1. This story is so sad. It makes me cry. A veteran being treated this way.
think
(11,641 posts)2. Why are the police killing so many innocent people anymore? It's very scary! /nt
provis99
(13,062 posts)3. White Plains is well named...
Codeine
(25,586 posts)4. They shot a dead guy?
J-school fail.