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

[C. G. Estabrook]

Finney clearly needs to go, and the out-of-control Champaign police need to be 
brought to order.

It's outrageous that the Carrington killing is being investigated by other local 
police.  James Madison wrote in Federalist #10, "No man is allowed to be a judge 
in his own cause, because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, 
not improbably, corrupt his integrity. With equal, nay with greater reason, a 
body of men are unfit to be both judges and parties at the same time."

The local procedure is as un-American as can be.  A long train of abuses makes 
it clear that it is the responsibility of the Champaign City Council to take the 
police in hand, dismiss Finney and Norbits, and reform those who granted the 
right to deploy lethal force in defense of the community.

The abuse of that grant must be corrected.  Council members who refuse to do so 
should not be returned to office.  --CGE


Mikhail Lyubansky 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 
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> 
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Christopher Evans <caevans2 at hotmail.com 
> <mailto: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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