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Posted on 07/08/2003 4:56:16 PM PDT by madison10
Report clears police in death that sparked rioting
The Associated Press 7/8/2003, 3:13 p.m. ET
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The Berrien County prosecutor has cleared police of any wrongdoing in the death of a motorcyclist whose fatal crash during a high-speed police chase led to two nights of rioting.
In his report released Tuesday, Prosecutor James Cherry also concluded that the nighttime pursuit was not motivated by race because it "would have been impossible" for pursuing officers to determine that the motorcyclist, Terrance Devon Shurn, was black.
(Excerpt) Read more at mlive.com ...
The Reverend Jesse Jackson was quick to discredit the findings of the prosecutor.
"Of course they knew he was black," Jackson said, "only black people flee from cops and drive 100 miles per hour on a motorcycle in the process."
/sarcasm off/
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AGAIN!
No surprize. Prosecutors always clear the police, no matter what the circumstances. There have even been cases where the police were in a man's home without a warrant and shot him while he was shaving. That had to defend themselves from his razor.
We need the ability for agrieved civilians to press criminal charges without the permission of the prosecutor. Let's let grand juries hear all the evidence and do their proper job, not just be a rubber stamp for the prosecutors.
No surprize. Prosecutors always clear the police, no matter what the circumstances. There have even been cases where the police were in a man's home without a warrant and shot him while he was shaving. That had to defend themselves from his razor.
We need the ability for agrieved civilians to press criminal charges without the permission of the prosecutor. Let's let grand juries hear all the evidence and do their proper job, not just be a rubber stamp for the prosecutors.
No surprize. Prosecutors always clear the police, no matter what the circumstances. There have even been cases where the police were in a man's home without a warrant and shot him while he was shaving. That had to defend themselves from his razor.
We need the ability for agrieved civilians to press criminal charges without the permission of the prosecutor. Let's let grand juries hear all the evidence and do their proper job, not just be a rubber stamp for the prosecutors.
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