[Peace-discuss] Re: [Discuss] Schwieghart's quote to WDWS

[John W.]

Amen.  Thank you, Mikhail.

Personally, I'd like to see Mayor Schweighart resign.  I think we already
have enough evidence against HIM.  :-)

John Wason


On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Mikhail Lyubansky <lyubanskym at gmail.com>wrote:

Good morning,
>
> Like many here, I am very saddened and concerned about Kiwane Carrington's
> tragic death and the Champaign Police dept's role in this (as well as past)
> incidents.  However, I am uncomfortable with the recent calls for Chief
> Finney's resignation given the information currently in our possession.  We
> do not, for example, know what actually happened in the moments leading up
> to the fatal shooting or what Finney did or did not do during this time.
> Furthermore, while there are parts of the Department's Use of Force policy
> that I find troubling (particularly section 1.3.2 concerning the use of
> deadly force), it is not clear to me that Finney was responsible for
> determining this portion of the policy.  To the contrary, according to the
> document, that section was determined by the lllinois Compiled Statutes (220
> ILCS 5/7-5).
>
> I write this not to defend Finney but to caution us from rushing to
> judgment. Sometimes time is of the essence and decisions must be made before
> all the necessary information is in.  This is not one of those cases. I
> suggest that, for the moment, we marshal our efforts to push for a full and
> independent investigation and the creation of a community review board and
> hold off on judging Finney until more information is available.
>
> In hope of community healing,
>
> Mikhail
>
>
> **
>
> Mikhail Lyubansky, Ph.D.
> Department of Psychology
> University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
> http://www.psych.uiuc.edu/~lyubansk<http://www.psych.uiuc.edu/%7Elyubansk>
>
> Managing Editor, OpEdNews
> http://www.opednews.com/author/author18834.html
> Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mikhaill
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Christopher Evans <caevans2 at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  In reaction to the call for Chief Finney's resignation:
>>
>> *"I think that's alot of emotionality. The Chief hasn't done anything
>> that calls for his resignation. I wouldn't support his resignation. Uh, he
>> acted in a legal manner."*
>>
>> Said even though Finney's police tactics help cause the death of an
>> unarmed 15 year-old, Finney snuck in the taser and broad use of deadly force
>> in the use of force policy behind Council's back, and relations betweeen the
>> community and police are at an all-time low.
>>
>
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