Cops murder 68 year old veteran in his own home

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The Trayvon Martin story remains in national headlines this week, but little media attention has been paid to a similarly troubling case: that of Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr., a 68-year-old Marine vet killed in his home last November by police officers in White Plains, NY.

The officers were responding to a false alarm accidentally triggered by Chamberlain's medical alert pendant while he slept. Instead of helping the man, who had a heart condition, they broke down his front door, tasered him, reportedly called him the "n-word" and mocked him, then shot him dead.

Audio throughout the incident was recorded by his medical alert device.
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The officer is believed to currently be on duty, still working for the White Plains police.

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The alleged shooter, Officer Anthony Carelli, is due in court later this month in an unrelated 2008 police brutality case. He is accused of being the most brutal of a group of officers who allegedly beat two arrestees of Jordanian descent and called them "rag heads." We speak to Gus Dimopoulos, attorney for Jerry and Sal Hatter. "We allege that the police officers, while in the custody of the White Plains Police Department back at the station, you know, severely beat Jerry while being restrained by handcuffs. They hit him in the face with a nightstick, they kicked, they punched, they punched him, and then essentially charged him with a crime," Dimopoulos said.

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What a sensationalized title

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On April 06 2012 06:19 Kojak21 wrote:
What a sensationalized title

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On April 06 2012 06:17 awesomoecalypse wrote:
http://boingboing.net/2012/04/03/black-marine-veteran-68-shot.html

For all the talk about Trayvon Martin, this story may well be even more horrific.



also

http://www.democracynow.org/2012/4/5/exclusive_cop_in_fatal_shooting_of



The guy pulls bullshit like that, they let him back out on the street with a gun and a badge, he straight up murders an innocent old man, and he's still on duty??? There are no words.

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On April 06 2012 06:19 Kojak21 wrote:
What a sensationalized title

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On April 06 2012 06:21 Blasterion wrote:
Maybe we should allow guns just in case that the people with guns (cops) decide to screw us over one day. I mean just in case.

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On April 06 2012 06:27 Demonhunter04 wrote:


What about it is sensationalized?

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Somehow the uncle, Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., a former Marine who had heart problems and wheezed if he walked more than 40 feet, triggered his medical alert system pendant. The system operator came on the loudspeaker in his one-bedroom apartment, asking: “Mr. Chamberlain, are you O.K.?” All of this is recorded.

Mr. Chamberlain didn’t respond. So the operator signaled for an ambulance. Police patrol cars fell in behind — standard operating procedure in towns across America. Except an hour later, even as Mr. Chamberlain insisted he was in good health, the police had snapped the locks on the apartment door.

They fired electric charges from Tasers, and beanbags from shotguns. Then they said they saw Mr. Chamberlain grab a knife, and an officer fired his handgun.

Boom! Boom! Mr. Chamberlain’s niece Tonyia Greenhill, who lives upstairs, recalls the echoes ricocheting about the hall. She pushed out a back door and ran into the darkness beneath overarching oaks. He lay on the floor near his kitchen, two bullet holes in his chest, blood pooling thick, dying....


His son recalls hearing his father say on tape: “This is my sworn testimony. White Plains officers are coming in here to kill me.” A few minutes later, a bullet tore through his rib and heart. The ambulance took him to White Plains Hospital, where he soon died.

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On April 06 2012 06:19 Kojak21 wrote:
What a sensationalized title

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On April 06 2012 06:47 tw!tch wrote:


Agreed, using the word "murder" assumes intent, without having been proven guilty yet. It's not a question of if it was murder or not, it sure looks like that on the surface of course, but the title shifts your perspective before you read the article.

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