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Uploaded by on Sep 8, 2009

http://www.thoughts.com/AuntieB/blog/rockford-police-kill-unarmed-man-364925/
(These are not my opinions, just something I copied and pasted from a blog of which the link is on top.)
Its a pattern. Its a pattern that Rockford police Chief Chet Epperson will need to make yet another excuse to justify.

On August 24, 2009, 23 year old Mark Anthony Barmore was killed inside a day care center housed inside a church.

Two witnesses say that Mark Anthony Barmore had ran into a boiler/storage room. The police shined a flashlight in the room and ordered Barmore to come out. Witnesses say that Barmore proceeded slowly to walk out with both hands up and his head down. But then, the police shot him and according to one eyewitness, after Barmore had been shot numerous times and was on the floor, one officer continued to shoot, with a final bullet to Barmore's head. It is reported that the police fired 8 rounds.

The police allege that Barmore fought with them trying to get an officers gun.

Barmore was killed in the daycare center within the hearing and sight of children.

Police Chief Epperson said that Barmore was wanted in connection with two domestic disputes, one of which may have involved the use of a knife. A police squad followed Barmore after he ran into Kingdom Authority International Ministries. The House of Grace Daycare Center is located in a building connected to the church. House of Grace cares for 43 infants and 166 toddlers. It is reported that there were 10 children in the room when the officers killed Barmore.

"My concern was for the children," says daycare worker, Sheila Brown. "I wanted to make sure they were okay. I tried to push them as far back into the corner so they wouldn't see anything."

The officers were not injured and have been placed on administrative leave.
The Police Department would not release the names of the officers. However, one officer was readily identified by other officers (off the record) and witnesses as Officer Oda Poole. Reports have it that Officer Poole has been involved in three shooting of unarmed suspects.

In April 2007, Rockford, IL police officer Poole was involved in the suicide by cop case, firing the shot that killed Lewis Henderson Jr., 66, of Rockford. Henderson left behind a message saying that he was going to pretend having a gun so that the cops would kill him. (Ref: http://www.wickedlocal.com/rrstar/news/x1633044797)

In May of the same year, Officer Poole was awarded a law enforcement medal of honor for a 2006 incident where he risked his life to save occupants of a building that was on fire.

In or about February 2007, Oda Poole, who was then 35, shot two unarmed men. Officer Pooles shooting of the two men, Billy Peavy, 44, and Robert Evitt, 39, both of Rockford, was said to be justifiable as an act of self-defense when one allegedly attempted to run over Poole with his car.

On August 25th, Chief Epperson met with the pastor of the church where Barmore was killed. He refused to answer any questions from the media. The community gathered and discussed the situation. It is not only a matter of the police killing an unarmed man in the presence of children inside a church's daycare center. It is also a matter of Oda Poole, who is White, seemingly having a reputation for shooting unarmed Black men.

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  • black or white, don't matter... running around with a knife and threatening to kill people gets you dead... we have to protect people that are living a normal life from those who are out of control... i don't care if they shot him in the back or in the ass or in the foot... the cops are the ones who have to clean up the mess... let them do their job...

  • I'm disgusted that jesse came on the 26th and defended the withnitnesses that skipped court saying they shouldn't have held court around christmas. black cando no wrong in his mind apparently/,

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  • Police are savages that couldn't find a normal job they just want to go out and bully and harass everybody. They don't protect they just serve everybody a bunch of grief and drama. Cops ruin lives, destroy families, and steal stuff from anywhere they go. They beat people to death, they interfere in people personal lives, and nobody wants to hang out with one.

  • Police in Rockford are crazy. They have the judges on there side, they now have a pass to do what they wish and will never have no consequences for it. Just to warn you, Rockford police don't need warrants, they don't have to follow constitutional laws. Rockford judges won't prosecute police. Rockford police will beat you black or white just because they can. Be careful, seriously, only talk to them if you seriously need to and do exactly what they say or they just might beat you

  • The good reverend needs a good civil rights lawsuit. He is facing DNA tests from three more of his baby’s mommas and wants to keep the Rolex. Rest assured reverend, this black thug will never ever victimize society again, I promise! 

  • ATTENTION NIGGERS, SPADES, COONS, PORCH-MONKEYS, SPOOKS: Niggers are the scum of the earth, useless to society and themselves and cursed by God (curse of Ham). The world would be a better place without this sub-human slave-race (less disease, criminals, laziness, stupidity and evil)

    P.S. YOU ALL LOOK LIKE THE SHIT THAT COMES OUT OF MY ASS AND I WANT TO USE YOU ALL AS TOILET PAPER….LOL!

  • ALL cops are OUT OF CONTROL! They never get punished for their crimes because they all cover crimes of fellow officers. This cop committed murder and needs to be sentenced to prison.

  • @GooGobbler113 uhhh well moron, I know what the NWO is, and yes I hate them, and will fight the NWO till the end. However, I also hate criminals. So yes, I'd love to see a world we live in run by the PEOPLE, not the bankers where we HANG our criminals from the highest tree so that we can live FREELY, and not fear monkeys who go around raping, and killing. And just so you know the Illuminati doesn't like killing criminals because they believe they're better people for experiencing crime.

  • @fableofsky Lol now that is a long, long story... One I am woefully tired of sharing.

  • @GooGobbler113 ok but why are u so fucking mean on here , so what has caused your heart to ice over

  • @fableofsky Its funny how you can accuse someone of trolling when you obviously haven't the slightest clue what trolling is. You're clearly just another ignoramus who saw a word he didn't understand, so he assumed its meaning based on very little observation, and now uses it in painfully incorrect ways, under completely inappropriate circumstances. For the sake of your own pride, please stop talking, I feel deeply and profoundly embarrassed for you.

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