Cops Kill unarmed man, in Church, in front of Children
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Stumble ThisI have seen several news outlets downplay this story by saying the man was shot in a daycare, but he was in a church. Why does this matter? It shows the disrespect the cops have for the people in that community.
".....In the case in Rockford, a city of 155,000, police received a complaint that Barmore, 23, had been in a domestic disturbance with his live-in girlfriend. Barmore had recently been released from jail and had a series of arrests, including charges of assaulting a police officer with a firearm.
On the morning of Aug. 24, Barmore went to the Kingdom Authorities Ministries church, which he sometimes attended, to seek counseling about the problem, said the pastor, Rev. Melvin Brown.
According to Brown, Barmore spoke with the pastor’s wife and 17-year-old daughter in the church driveway. Two officers drove by, spotted Barmore, and approached with their guns drawn. Barmore ran inside the church, which also operates a day care center for children ages 4 and up.
Barmore was cornered inside a boiler room, Brown said, as the pastor’s wife, daughter and several of the young children watched.
Witnesses said Barmore emerged with his hands up but was shot several times in the chest and back; the officers said Barmore fought them and tried to grab one of their guns, according to Police Chief Chet Epperson.
“My daughter was about five-feet away. When he hit the ground, she sees the cops shooting him in the back. We saw slugs in his back when we went to see the body,” said Brown, the pastor.
City officials would not comment Friday on the shooting, citing an ongoing investigation by state police and the Cook County state attorney’s office — a rare case of outside agency intervention.
The NAACP was calling for a full Justice Department investigation instead of currently assigned mediators, who were sent to calm racial tensions.
One of the officers who shot Barmore, 37-year-old Oda Poole, had shot three previous suspects in Rockford, one fatally, in the past three years, according to the Rockford Register-Star newspaper......."
".....In the case in Rockford, a city of 155,000, police received a complaint that Barmore, 23, had been in a domestic disturbance with his live-in girlfriend. Barmore had recently been released from jail and had a series of arrests, including charges of assaulting a police officer with a firearm.
On the morning of Aug. 24, Barmore went to the Kingdom Authorities Ministries church, which he sometimes attended, to seek counseling about the problem, said the pastor, Rev. Melvin Brown.
According to Brown, Barmore spoke with the pastor’s wife and 17-year-old daughter in the church driveway. Two officers drove by, spotted Barmore, and approached with their guns drawn. Barmore ran inside the church, which also operates a day care center for children ages 4 and up.
Barmore was cornered inside a boiler room, Brown said, as the pastor’s wife, daughter and several of the young children watched.
Witnesses said Barmore emerged with his hands up but was shot several times in the chest and back; the officers said Barmore fought them and tried to grab one of their guns, according to Police Chief Chet Epperson.
“My daughter was about five-feet away. When he hit the ground, she sees the cops shooting him in the back. We saw slugs in his back when we went to see the body,” said Brown, the pastor.
City officials would not comment Friday on the shooting, citing an ongoing investigation by state police and the Cook County state attorney’s office — a rare case of outside agency intervention.
The NAACP was calling for a full Justice Department investigation instead of currently assigned mediators, who were sent to calm racial tensions.
One of the officers who shot Barmore, 37-year-old Oda Poole, had shot three previous suspects in Rockford, one fatally, in the past three years, according to the Rockford Register-Star newspaper......."
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