[Peace-discuss] RE: [CUCPJ Announce] Martial Law comes to Garden Hills

Tue Jul 3 14:23:46 CDT 2007

I'm a resident of Garden Hills and I received the letter letting me know
that police presence would be increased in the area. I took the letter to CU
Citizens for Peace and Justice and shared the contents with the group.  My
use of the term "Martial Law" is a deliberate exaggeration to underscore my
concern that this is not something that will necessarily benefit the
residents of the neighborhood. What happened to Ms. Davis and her family is
a consequence of the heavy handed approach that has resulted from this
decision. 

Marti

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From: Nora Whipple [mailto:carbenmommy at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 1:26 PM
To: Kimberlie Kranich; Marti; peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net; 'CU Announce
list'
Subject: Re: [CUCPJ Announce] Martial Law comes to Garden Hills

I have a question.  Who sent this note to the PEOPLE of GARDEN HILLS, and
what does it say?  The only people that have the right to declare martial
law are the Governor of each State and the President of the United States (a
mayor can only ask for martial law to be implemented in their town, but
please recheck into this list).  If the letter came from anyone else in a
position of authority (ie. judge, chief of police), you have the right to
take matters into your own hands, and if you plan on doing this the "Gandhi"
way, I strongly urge you to call either Senators Durbin and/or Obama at
their DC Offices and/or their scheduling staff and arrange a meeting with
them both and send someone to take me with you.

Keep the Faith and the Ball Rolling,

Nora E. Whipple

Kimberlie Kranich <kakranich at yahoo.com> wrote: 

I was very sad by the violence that visited Ms. Davis and her family when
the suspect invaded her home and the police fired shots at him in their
pursuit.  I was glad that none of her children who were hiding under their
beds were harmed. 

On Sunday I bought a card for Ms. Davis and her family and went door-to-door
in my neighborhood and invited my neighbors to sign the card.  I went to
each neighbor regardless of whether or not I thought they would sign the
card.  With one exception, they all did.  Not only did they sign the card,
they wrote some beautiful sentiments of care and concern and I learned
things about my neighbors that I didn't know before and I saw that many of
our aspirations for C-U are the same.  Eighteen of my neighbors wrote in the
card.  I and they want Ms. Davis and her family to know that we care.  Our
care won't stop the suspect or the police but it says we aren't separate
from her.  Maybe our love and reaching out will connect with her in some
meaningful way.  It connected me to my neighbors and me to her  family and I
know that I needed that connection.

I delivered the card later that day. Ms. Davis wasn't home but her daughter
was and I spoke to her.  I asked her about the bullet holes in the siding
and glass window.  She said that the landlord had insurance and was going to
take care of fixing the holes.  She gave me a hug before I left which I
gladly returned.

~Kimberlie

Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as in being
able to remake ourselves.

- Mahatma Gandhi

Marti <tvchick at insightbb.com> wrote: 

Recently residents of the Garden Hills subdivision received a letter in the
mail regarding the increased amount of police activity which would be taking
place.  This was done with the 'good' of the residents in mind.  One of the
results of this increased patrolling is the story below.

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2007/06/29/resident_rips_police_over_
shots_into

According to the resident of this house the man who ran into her place was
not firing his gun at the moment, yet police officers maintained open fire
and caused damage to the property.  Now if I decided to damage the property
of my neighbors they would be well within their rights to charge me with
vandalism, yet our police chief defended the actions of his officers when
they caused damage to someone's house.

I wonder if the City of Champaign will pay for the repairs in this instance.
At this point that would be the proper thing to do. 

Peace, Marti

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