[Peace] Civil Suit Alleges Chief Finney Killed Kiwane Carrington

[Brian Dolinar]

This story is a collaboration between UC-IMC and SmilePolitely.com.  BD

http://ucimc.org/content/civil-suit-alleges-chief-finney-killed-kiwane-carrington

http://www.smilepolitely.com/news/civil_suit_filed_alleges_chief_finney_killed_carrington/


Civil Suit Alleges Chief Finney Killed Kiwane Carrington
By Joel Gillespie

A civil suit filed on October 6 raises new questions about who shot Kiwane
Carrington on October 9, 2009. The complaint filed on behalf of Jeshaun
Manning-Carter and his mother, Laura Manning, alleges that Champaign Police
Chief R.T. Finney, and not Officer Daniel Norbits, “fired a shot downward
into the chest of Kiwane Carrington, killing Carrington.” The suit charges
the City of Champaign and Finney with “intentional infliction of emotional
distress” on Manning-Carter.

Alfred Ivy, attorney for the plaintiff, stated, “He [Manning-Carter] didn't
want to talk about it for a long time; he wasn't comfortable talking about
it.”

The allegation that Finney pulled the trigger is a direct contradiction of
officers' sworn statements and the findings of the Illinois State Police
investigation into the incident. Visit the Kiwane Carrington Timeline site
for all the public documents associated with the investigation.

“I'm just an employee [of the plaintiff],” Ivy explained. “I don't tell
people what to say. I do ask lots of questions, and [Manning-Carter] was
adamant that it didn't happen the way that the report said it did.”

Manning-Carter was the only other person present with Carrington in the
backyard of the home at 906 W. Vine St. in Champaign when Chief Finney and
Officer Norbits were called to investigate a reported attempted burglary.
Manning-Carter was initially charged with Aggravated Resisting a Peace
Officer; those charges were dismissed on April 13, 2010.

The civil suit filed by Carrington's family against the City of Champaign
has been settled, James D. Montgomery, Jr., attorney for the Carrington
family, confirmed this morning.

A detailed ballistics report was not part of the investigation, although the
ISP firearms report assigns the fired cartridge to Norbits' gun. “All
evidence in the case is currently in the possession of the FBI. C-U Citizens
for Peace and Justice and the local Ministerial Alliance have filed
complaints with the Department of Justice and are waiting for the results of
their investigation,” said Brian Dolinar of CUCPJ.

(Ed. note: if you read the pdf of the complaint, Count II and Count III both
charge Chief Finney with intentional infliction of emotional distress. After
speaking with Ivy, it's our understanding that Norbits is intended to be the
defendant for Count III.)

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