Our Young Men Are Dying

Chicago cops killed 18 y.o. Aaron Harrison on Chicago's West Side August 6, 2007. Al Sharpton speaks at a protest at the Catfish. The Cook County Medical Examiner later confirms that police shot Harrison in the back. Hundreds of people gather.

Where was Jessie Jackson?
Where was Reverend Hatch?
Where was Reverend Jeremiah Wright?
Where was Clay Evans?
Where was Bishop Brezier?
Where? Where? Where? Our young men are dying.

Dec.5,2007 Chicago Tribune Investigation: Shielded From The Truth By Sam Roe, David Heinzmann and Steve Mills http://www.chicagotribune.com/
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The rush to clear police in shootings
• Nearly every shooting in last decade 'justified'
• Investigations ignore witnesses, forensics
• 12 people Shot-in-back or from behind

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[epsomNACI]

6/24/08 Luis Colon, 18, was running from plainclothes police officers when he was shot and killed by a Chicago police tactical officer at 5:00 p.m. in the 2700 block of North Kilbourn Ave., in the Belmont Gardens neighborhood. The officers were on a "gang-suppression mission" and had stopped Colon for a routine interview. Colon, known as "Busy," was walking with his girlfriend to Kelvyn Park to meet friends to eat out. Colon was shot in the back and collapsed in the middle of Kilbourn Ave.

[epsomNACI]

@epsomNACI See full article Chicago Tribune, Metro June 25, 2008

[epsomNACI]

8/23/08 7:45 pm Martinez Winford, 16, was shot to death by police in the 600 block of East 89th St. Winford was a student at Bloom Trail High School in Chicago Heights. Police said they found a gun nearby, but according to those who knew him Winford was not known to carry a weapon. According to his cousin Frederick Arnold"...we all make mistakes, and he didn't deserve for the Chicago police to take his life... he was just a regular kid."

[epsomNACI]

See full article, Chicago Tribune, August 24, 2008

[epsomNACI]

In a 11/6/08 deposition an off-duty Chicago police officer admitted he was drinking before he became involved in a car chase. He shot 11 of 16 shots that killed Emmanuel Lopez, 23. The shots hit Lopez in the back and head. Lopez was driving to his shift at a factory when police initiated pursuit after alledgedly seeing Lopez driving erratically on Kedzie. Forensics uncovered that a gun wound came from a downward angle contrary to the police report. 5 officers were involved in the shooting.

[epsomNACI]

See full article Chicago Tribune, December 9, 2008

[clwilu94]

I am trying to teach my son(we are white) about racism.I've already taught him to hate the kkk.Now I'm teaching him about the Racism of Al Sharpton,Jesse Jackson,Jeremiah Wright and those who want Slave reparations.You are sick racist people.How Sad!

[tonygee18]

sounds like the police department is doing and EXCELLENT job! well done cpd, well done.

[dwade1962eagle]

You are so full of shit, not one nigger today has ever been a slave, and of course they have been called nigger, they call themselves nigger all the time, and anyone that tells them to get their shit together like Bill Cosby, then he is an Uncle Tom. Fuck them.

[tonygee18]

amen!

[tonygee18]

sounds like he succeeded with a "suicide by cop." awesome.

[tonygee18]

I hope one day al sharpton is a statistic.