Miami Police Kill Four Unarmed African Men In Less Than One Month
Gracia "BG"
Beaugris was shot to death on October 25,
less than 100 feet from his own front door. After completing his
father's laundry, BG stood yards from his home with his brother and
two friends when Miami-Dade police officer Christopher Villano
"jumped out" of his unmarked cars because the young men "looked suspicious." After searching each of them, Villano found
nothing--no weapons, drugs or stolen goods. The youth began
asking why they were targeted. Villano then physically attacked BG,
ultimately shooting him a total of three times, two while BG lie on
the ground.
Since BG's slaying, three others have been killed by Miami-Dade police, including Roger Brown who on November 8 was tased, kicked in the face and beaten with batons before being hogtied and thrown in the back of a police car on 95th Street and NW 17th Ave. Brown died a short time after.
Childhood friends Michael Knight and Frisco Blackwood were driving a friend home on November 11 when police stopped the vehicle, allegedly for running a red light, and surrounded it with weapons drawn. Fearful for his life, Blackwood followed orders to lower his window, but he accidentally put the vehicle in neutral rather than in park. As the SUV resettled on the uneven ground, police open fired, killing the two unarmed men and wounding the female passenger.
These killings are the direct result of the latest round of aggressive police tactics targeting Black communities such as Liberty City, Little Haiti, North Miami and elsewhere.
Several community organizations, including CopWatch, planned a demonstration in front of the Miami-Dade police station for Saturday to protest BG's killing. However, due to the funeral arrangements, the protest will be postponed. That means the 2:00pm protest at the Miami-Dade police station is canceled.
The viewing for for BG will be held on Friday, November 16, 2007 from 6:00pm until 10:00pm, at the St Fort Funeral Home, 16480 NE 19th Ave. The funeral will be held on Saturday, November 17, 2007 at 10:00am at the New Birth Baptist Church, 2300 NW 135th St. in Opa-Locka. We encourage everyone to attend the funeral. Also, see this updated statement and rally announcement:
http://tampabay.indymedia.org/event/4-dead-19-days-miami-rally-against-police-abuse
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It must make an officer of the law with a gun feel great when they can over power a person. And when and which the person can not propect them from an officer with a weapon. I hope the officer can sleep well at night for their actions to an un armed person.
It is so funny how everytime a cop kills a black man - that man turns out to be this innocent, holy person! Look at their history, their rap sheets and why they are running around the streets at all hours of the night with friends! C'mon - get real!
It doesn't matter what color (by the way my WHITE friend got shot 20 times and killed by police - does that meke a difference?) the person is, we do not live in a policed state! Police can't just shoot and kill whoever they like! We pay a lot of taxes for the judicial system...we should use it! If they are scared for their lives, they should first get another proffession and second shoot once or twice at the knees or feet! Don't they get training on how to use their guns?! Understand that we pay their salaries; why should we be scared to death of them? And also, who grants you the power of deciding what time people should be in the street?! First of all, this is is not Oklahoma, IT'S MIAMI!!!!! People are always in the streets; we like it that way!!! And second of all, did you look at their rap sheets before making disgusting accusations!!!
...Perhaps you prefer the dark ages, the times of the guilletine and kings and queens screaming "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!" because they feel offended!