Posted on 03/09/2015 10:25:54 PM PDT by dennisw
Instead of the local police, Wisconsin's Department of Justice is leading the investigation.
A memorial has been set up to honor Tony Robinson, the unarmed 19-year-old black man who was shot and killed by a veteran white officer. So far, the people in Madison, Wisconsin, have heeded the police department's call for calm,
Hundreds responded to Robinson's death Sunday night with a peaceful prayer vigil, remembering the teen just steps from where he was fatally gunned down.
"I just want everyone to know what Tony was one of the best people I knew," Jack Spaulding said.
Robinson died Friday after an alleged altercation with veteran police officer Matt Kenny.
Kenny, responding to a disturbance call, trailed Robinson to his house and opened fire after the teen allegedly assaulted him. Madison Police Chief Mike Koval said Robinson was shot multiple times.
Although Robinson did have a conviction for armed robbery, his mother insisted her son was a gentle person.
"My son has never been a violent person-- never -- and to die in such a violent, violent way is -- it baffles me," Andrea Irwin said.
Koval said he had Ferguson in the back of his mind: "One: We had a person of color, a young man who was killed by the police, and secondly, that he was unarmed. So to that extent yes, I did have a Ferguson moment."
"Don't pass judgment; the facts will come out," Dane county Boys & Girls Club CEO Michael Johnson urged.
At the Fountain of Life Covenant Church, black men young and old sat down to talk about how to move forward.
"I think one Ferguson is enough, so I don't know why anyone would want another one. I don't think people are seeing the signs of another Ferguson," Alexander Gee said.
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Tony reminds me of my late Uncle Bob. At his funeral they eulogized him by observing that when he wasn’t drunk he was the soberest man around.
Another fatherless black bastard dies in the ghetto - a “victim” of his mama’s arrogant entitlement-attitude, and his own spiteful belligerence. No tears from me. Let them all kill each other in the streets and burn down their own neighborhoods. Stupid is as stupid does.
I wonder what the motivational speakers think about that commercial and Matt Foley.
The cop, of course. But you see, he was a middle-class, respectable white person, and knew better.
Tony was a felon and committed his crimes while armed with a lethal weapon.
How true!!! Hilarious!!
same here!
Was he also an aspiring rapper?
The media, under the watchful eye of the White House, perpetrates the narrative that the deceased was wrongfully killed. They rely on the stupidity of a dumbed down, public school indoctrinated populace, who won't look beyond that word “unarmed” to get the real story.
lol
Did we ever get apologizes for the LIE “Hands UP don’t shoot”?
I am just at a loss for words.
Wouldn't harm a flea.
Sure, he was an armed robber and a young thug, but he was turning his life around...
If I'm a policeman and I see four or five people surrounding me in a threatening manner, out comes my gun and I threaten to shoot my would be attackers. If they advance, off goes my gun.
“there was a huge migration of “welfare families” from Chicago to Wisconsin (last 30 years) due to much higher payments in Wisconsin”
Probably; gibsmedats follow the money like that. It ruined Minneapolis when they paid better than neighboring states during the belt-tightenings of the 1990s...
These “golden ticket welfare bastards” aren’t fatherless; they are “parentless”. As someone who has spent countless hours helping my children with homework and preparing countless meals for them (including lunches for school), I don’t view the women breeding these violent criminals as “mothers” - they get none of that, and enter adulthood with no life skills at all. They simply prey on productive people who do “matter” - the very ones who have footed every bill for this “family” since its inception.
Excellent!
Thank you; this cycle is endless...
Dreekius “Rollie” Johnson
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