As of a couple of years ago, most as those cities were developing
partnerships between law enforcement and the communities they
served - and crime rates continue to decline. Last I heard, no
such effort is taking place in Chicago.
Check out the book Called to Rise: A Life in Faithful Service to
the Community That Made Me by David Brown. I know it's available
on Bookshare. Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Miriam Vieni" <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 16:17:48 -0500
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Deep seated prejudice and sloppy
training
Yes, but think about St. Louis and its surrounding areas or Los
Angeles or Baltimore or New York.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of peter
altschul
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 3:46 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Deep seated prejudice and sloppy
training
Police in Chicago seem to be more likely to engage in these
cross-racial shootings. It is, IMHO, one of the reasons why the
crime rate there is so much higher than other comparable cities.
Frustrating - and very sad.
And where's the NRA in all of this? Aren't they a gunsRights
organization for everyone, or just white people.
Just asking.
Best, Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: Carl Jarvis <carjar82@xxxxxxxxx
To: blind-democracy <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent:
Wed, 14 Nov 2018 08:14:05 -0800
Subject: [blind-democracy] Deep seated prejudice?, or sloppy
training?
By the time this story is spun into the official police report,
it will never answer the question, Was the Officer so conditioned
that he shot the security guard while under the influence of deep
seated prejudices? So much of our behavior is controlled by
conditioned responses, of which we are totally unaware.
Carl Jarvis
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EMILY SULLIVAN
Jemel Roberson and his 9-month-old son.
Avontea Boose via AP
Updated at 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday
When police arrived after reports of a shooting over the weekend
at a bar outside Chicago, witnesses say Jemel Roberson, a
26-year-old security guard who worked there, had already subdued
the alleged assailant in the parking lot, pinning him to the
ground.
Adam Harris, who was at Manny's Blue Bar in Robbins at the time
of the incident on Sunday, told WGN-TV that Roberson was holding
"somebody on the ground with his knee in his back, with his gun
in his back" when officers from neighboring Midlothian got there
early Sunday.
Midlothian Police Chief Daniel Delaney said that's when one of
his officers "encountered a subject with a gun" and shot him,
according to a statement given to the media.
But the "subject" was Roberson, not the suspect in the bar
shooting.
On Tuesday, Illinois State Police issued a statement saying that
"a Midlothian Police Officer encountered a subject in plain black
clothing with no markings readily identifying him as a Security
Guard, armed with a gun in the west parking lot."
advertisement empty complementary information "According to
witness statements, the Midlothian Officer gave the armed subject
multiple verbal commands to drop the gun and get on the ground
before ultimately discharging his weapon and striking the
subject," the statement said.
Roberson was holding a firearm he was licensed to carry. Other
witnesses, and a lawsuit filed by Roberson's family, reportedly
said he was wearing a hat emblazoned with the word "security."
"Everybody was screaming out 'Security!' " Harris told WGN. "And
they still did their job, and saw a black man with a gun, and
basically killed him."
Another witness, Jakia Woods, told member station WBEZ's Miles
Bryan that Roberson was wearing an orange vest and the hat marked
"security."
She said it was "absolutely clear" that he was a security guard.
Woods said that the Midlothian officer came out of the club's
back door 창�궗�� weapon drawn 창�궗�� and ordered Roberson to
"get on the ground."
"Before he says 'ground' he fires the first shot," she said,
adding that she has not been interviewed by investigators.
Roberson was declared dead shortly after arriving at a hospital.
Four
others at the bar, including the shooting suspect, sustained
non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Delaney said that the Cook County Sheriff's Office and the
Robbins Police Department were investigating the shooting.
