[Peace] Press conference for police shooting of 15 yr. old Kewanne Carrington: Mon. 10am at IMC

[Brian Dolinar]

A press conference is being held Monday, October 12 at 10 a.m. at the
Independent Media Center with family members and community leaders to
address the police killing of 15 year-old African American youth, Kewanne
Carrington. On Friday, October 9, 2009, in a struggle between two youth and
two Champaign police officers that involved Police Chief R.T. Finney, a gun
went off that killed the young Kewanne.



When the youth’s aunt Rhonda Williams went to the emergency room and
inquired about her son just minutes after it happened, she was turned away
and told to go to the police station. Police identified the body not by
contacting the family, but from a school photograph they had obtained from
Ready Middle School, where Carrington attended.



There are still many questions about this tragedy which police have refused
to answer. The family and the community deserve an explanation.



When: Monday, Oct. 12 at 10 a.m.

Where: Independent Media Center, 202 S. Broadway, old post office in
downtown Urbana



Contact: Brian Dolinar, 621-5827, briandolinar at gmail.com


BD
-- 
Brian Dolinar, Ph.D.
303 W. Locust St.
Urbana, IL 61801
briandolinar at gmail.com
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