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this is just insane
Mar. 31st, 2012 10:16 amHave you heard of the murder of Kenneth Chamberlain? I know, there is so much death and murder, we all go into a numb state. It's too much. But I think that we need to be vigilant when a group of cops murder someone and get away with it.
Last November, 68 yr. old Kenneth Chamberlain was sleeping and he was wearing one of those medical alert pendants. What they think happened is that the button on the pendant was accidentally pushed. There's a little intercom that Mr. Champerlain had set up in his dining room, and the medical alert company called him on that, saying something like, "Mr. Chamberlain, are you alright?"
When he didn't respond, the company called the police for a well person check. What happened next was surreal.
It was 5am. The police came and knocked on Mr. Chamberlain's door. He answered the door, but wouldn't let them in. They demanded to be let in. He said no. So they took the door off it's hinges. They said that Mr. Chamberlain became aggressive so they tasered him through a crack in the door.
Now, while all this was going on, the medical alert company was hearing it all through their intercom, and going apeshit. The medical alert company called the police and told them to please stop. They told them to please call Mr. Chamberlain's son. The police said that they're not calling anyone.
What the police do is break into Kenneth Champerlain's home and scream racial slurs at him.
On the medical alert tape, you can hear him: "I’m a 68-year-old man with a heart condition. Why are you doing this to me? I know what you’re going to do: you’re going to come in here, and you’re going to kill me."
They tasered Mr. Chamberlain through the crack of the door. The taser had a video camera on it. You see a 68-year-old man with no shirt on and boxer shorts and his hands down at his sides. According to the family's attorney, you can't see any weapon in his hands.
Why would a police officer who was sent to check on an old man with a heart condition break down his door and hit him with a taser?
According to the police, Mr. Chamberlain then attacked them with a knife and so the police shot Mr. Chamberlain.
The police officers are still at their jobs, nothing has been done.
story here - interview with family and their lawyers -- If you have 20 mins or so, you should read this.
"And in 45 years of me being on this earth, that was the very first time that I ever heard my father where he was pleading and begging for his life, someone who I looked at as being extremely strong, to hear him beg for his life, to say that this was his sworn testimony on the audio, which the police did not know that was being recorded. He said, "My name is Kenneth Chamberlain. This is my sworn testimony. White Plains police are going to come in here and kill me." -- Kenneth Chamberlain, Jr.
Last November, 68 yr. old Kenneth Chamberlain was sleeping and he was wearing one of those medical alert pendants. What they think happened is that the button on the pendant was accidentally pushed. There's a little intercom that Mr. Champerlain had set up in his dining room, and the medical alert company called him on that, saying something like, "Mr. Chamberlain, are you alright?"
When he didn't respond, the company called the police for a well person check. What happened next was surreal.
It was 5am. The police came and knocked on Mr. Chamberlain's door. He answered the door, but wouldn't let them in. They demanded to be let in. He said no. So they took the door off it's hinges. They said that Mr. Chamberlain became aggressive so they tasered him through a crack in the door.
Now, while all this was going on, the medical alert company was hearing it all through their intercom, and going apeshit. The medical alert company called the police and told them to please stop. They told them to please call Mr. Chamberlain's son. The police said that they're not calling anyone.
What the police do is break into Kenneth Champerlain's home and scream racial slurs at him.
On the medical alert tape, you can hear him: "I’m a 68-year-old man with a heart condition. Why are you doing this to me? I know what you’re going to do: you’re going to come in here, and you’re going to kill me."
They tasered Mr. Chamberlain through the crack of the door. The taser had a video camera on it. You see a 68-year-old man with no shirt on and boxer shorts and his hands down at his sides. According to the family's attorney, you can't see any weapon in his hands.
Why would a police officer who was sent to check on an old man with a heart condition break down his door and hit him with a taser?
According to the police, Mr. Chamberlain then attacked them with a knife and so the police shot Mr. Chamberlain.
The police officers are still at their jobs, nothing has been done.
story here - interview with family and their lawyers -- If you have 20 mins or so, you should read this.
"And in 45 years of me being on this earth, that was the very first time that I ever heard my father where he was pleading and begging for his life, someone who I looked at as being extremely strong, to hear him beg for his life, to say that this was his sworn testimony on the audio, which the police did not know that was being recorded. He said, "My name is Kenneth Chamberlain. This is my sworn testimony. White Plains police are going to come in here and kill me." -- Kenneth Chamberlain, Jr.
