Friday, January 4, 2013

Kenneth Chamberlian, Jr. Denied Justice


Below is an email from Kenneth Chamberlain, Jr., a MoveOn member in White Plains, New York. An audio of elderly Mr. Chamberlain's home invasion and death by Taser and gunshot is at this DemocracyNow link
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/3/29/killed_at_home_white_plains_ny
His death was called "justified."

Dear Georgia MoveOn member,

You previously signed a petition to get justice for my father, Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr. I need your help again, this time for the justice at the federal level.

On November 19, 2011 68-year-old Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr. was shot and killed by members of the White Plains Police Department. He accidentally triggered his life-aid pendant, which he wore around his neck because he suffered from COPD and a mild heart condition. He had committed no crime.

Although the officers mocked, taunted, and used expletives (including the word 'nigger') to distract my father, the City of White Plains refused to indict the officers for misconduct in the fatal shooting. The Attorney General should initiate an investigation into the officers involved as well as the White Plains Police Department.

That's why I created a petition on SignOn.org to Chief of the Civil Rights Unit of the Southern District of New York David J. Kennedy, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez, and Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., which says:

We, the undersigned, agree and stand in solidarity with the family of Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. in demanding that Eric Holder do the right thing and indict these officers for violating the civil rights of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. We urge you to also place the White Plains Police Department under federal review.

"White Plains police acted with reckless abandonment and demonstrated a chilling disregard for the quality and sanctity of the life of Mr. Kenneth Chamberlain. Indeed, and at best, the White Plains Police Department violated both their mission statement and their sacred oath of office by facilitating the death of Mr. Chamberlain," stated Jimmy Bell, Department of Criminal Justice & Sociology, Jackson State University.

The petition is at this link:
http://signon.org/sign/federal-justice-for-kenneth?source=mo&id=60382-17354927-qb8PkYx

Thanks!
Kenneth Chamberlain, Jr.

Repeat of Paragraph 1:  Below is an email from Kenneth Chamberlain, Jr., a MoveOn member in White Plains, New York. An audio of elderly Mr. Chamberlain's home invasion and death by Taser and gunshot is at this DemocracyNow link
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/3/29/killed_at_home_white_plains_ny
His death was called "justified."

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