Killed at Home: White Plains, NY Police Called Out on Medical Alert Shoot Dead Black Veteran, 68

[kpete]

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 Chamberlain’s door, tasered him, and then shot him dead. Audio of the entire incident was recorded by the medical alert device in Chamberlain’s apartment. We’re joined by family attorneys and Chamberlain’s son, Kenneth Chamberlain, Jr., who struggles through tears to recount his father’s final moments, including the way police officers mocked his father’s 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/

[southernyankeebelle]

1. This story is so sad. It makes me cry. A veteran being treated this way.

[think]

2. Why are the police killing so many innocent people anymore? It's very scary! /nt

[provis99]

3. White Plains is well named...

[Codeine]

4. They shot a dead guy?

J-school fail.