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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“This is never going to end.”
Yes, it will. It will get nasty, but it will end.
“Maybe his mom should look in a mirror for causes instead of us whites.”
There’s always a need for a boogeyman, an Emmanuel Goldstein.
Consequences can be a real beotch.
Busted for an armed home invasion, involved in a paternity suit, druggie, a punk. Good riddance!
I may be remembering, but I thought I read that his mother was white...his skin tone suggests that this might be correct.
All done and said, most of us avoid being shot by cops - I wonder how we manage that....
LOL!
This is f’d up. Armed robber thug.
“I just want everyone to know what Tony was one of the best people I knew,” Jack Spaulding said. “
This guy needs to seriously expand his social horizons.
When marijuana gets legalized, this is one less customer they will have. These idiot children attacking armed police.... just about all have fried brains due to smoking marijuana and swallowing other drugs. If there ever is a World War Z they will be the attack zombies
” Already convicted or armed robbery and then assaults a police officer and gets killed in the process - yet - “my son has never been a violent person”..”
” Dats why he carry a gun......so there won be no muh fuggin PROBLEM ! “
Fixed it : )
“........so there won be no muh fuggin ...”
You mean MOE Fuggin? I remember him... Momma Fuggin’s boy ... he used to live over at 5th and Jabip... fat dude. Never liked that guy....
Sports writer Jerry Izenberg: “Watching a spring training game is as exciting as watching a tree form its annual ring.”
LOL
I've never met a person convicted of armed robbery either Sick...
Maybe his mother meant compared to the other thugs 'in the community' her son was one of the nicer ones. Could that be it?
What his mama doesn't understand is THIS is the reason nice people don't want to live anywhere near blacks. It's the culture - what they see as 'normal' - not the skin color.
” It’s the culture - what they see as ‘normal’ - not the skin color. “
Goot run this through my patented Race-O-Meter.
I lived on the south side of Chicago - people in the 'ghetto' are bullied into accepting this 'pity party' crap about black criminals.
They know better just like we know better.
The black criminals class plays to the white liberal elite class because they have a common enemy... traditional Americans of all colors.
That’s a powerful statement, best reserved for women’s basketball.
“He was a good boy; he only had one conviction...”
IIRC, his mom IS white.
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