SeanTX
08-29-2014, 11:06 AM
The "animals" are getting restless again. Though I guess that's what happens, when you poke sticks at them. These officers suffered higher casualties than during the Ferguson "riots" , and this was just a "near riot."
http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20140827/chatham/near-riot-erupts-at-vigil-for-man-slain-by-cops-mans-mom-5-more-charged
Near Riot Erupts at Vigil for Teen Killed by Police; Teen's Mom Charged
By Erin Meyer and Quinn Ford on August 27, 2014 4:13pm | Updated on August 27, 2014 6:33pm
AVALON PARK — Five people have been charged with mob action after prosecutors say a near riot erupted during a candlelight vigil in Avalon Park organized to honor a teen killed by police Sunday.
A crowd gathered around 7 p.m. Tuesday in the 7900 block of South Avalon Avenue in memory of Desean Pittman, a 17-year-old boy fatally shot by police in Chatham.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office reported his age as 20 at the time of the shooting, but Desean's family said he was 17.
The group gathered for the vigil allegedly turned against police when a woman pointed at an officer monitoring the group and yelled, "That's the rookie mother------ that killed him," prosecutors said Wednesday.
The crowd began to chant, "Kill the rookie," as some pelted police with candles and bricks, authorities said. People threw branches, bottles and other debris from the street while yelling "CPDK," which stands for "Chicago Police Department Killer," officials said.
At some point, a woman drove a Ford Escape into an officer, sending him to the hospital with a fractured leg. Two other officers also were hospitalized after they crashed their squad car heading to the melee, authorities said.
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White later said police intentionally provoked family members who were devastated by Desean's death.
"The police officer kicked over a candle and said 'Awww, too bad he's dead,'" White claimed outside of the courtroom Wednesday. "Why would he do that?"
Other family members said the officer laughed, tore down memorial posters and stomped on more candles.
A police officer declined to immediately respond Wednesday when asked whether the officer who shot Desean was present at the vigil or is now on active duty.
White said the altercations started when Desean's sister, who was overcome with grief, "lost it and hit the officer."
"Now, my daughter is not going to be able to bury her son because she's in jail," said White.
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Terry White, Desean's grandfather, was also at the vigil when the fight broke out between mourners and police.
"As the crowd grew, the police presence grew, and once that officer went over there and snatched those posters down and started stomping out those candles, that was it," Terry White, 58, said.
"It was just ignorant. It was ignorant to move in like that," Terry White said.
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Police said the arrests were made Tuesday after objects were thrown at officers.
Several officers were struck by the objects and treated for minor injuries, said Officer Ana Pacheco, a Chicago Police Department spokeswoman.
http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20140827/chatham/near-riot-erupts-at-vigil-for-man-slain-by-cops-mans-mom-5-more-charged
Near Riot Erupts at Vigil for Teen Killed by Police; Teen's Mom Charged
By Erin Meyer and Quinn Ford on August 27, 2014 4:13pm | Updated on August 27, 2014 6:33pm
AVALON PARK — Five people have been charged with mob action after prosecutors say a near riot erupted during a candlelight vigil in Avalon Park organized to honor a teen killed by police Sunday.
A crowd gathered around 7 p.m. Tuesday in the 7900 block of South Avalon Avenue in memory of Desean Pittman, a 17-year-old boy fatally shot by police in Chatham.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office reported his age as 20 at the time of the shooting, but Desean's family said he was 17.
The group gathered for the vigil allegedly turned against police when a woman pointed at an officer monitoring the group and yelled, "That's the rookie mother------ that killed him," prosecutors said Wednesday.
The crowd began to chant, "Kill the rookie," as some pelted police with candles and bricks, authorities said. People threw branches, bottles and other debris from the street while yelling "CPDK," which stands for "Chicago Police Department Killer," officials said.
At some point, a woman drove a Ford Escape into an officer, sending him to the hospital with a fractured leg. Two other officers also were hospitalized after they crashed their squad car heading to the melee, authorities said.
snip
White later said police intentionally provoked family members who were devastated by Desean's death.
"The police officer kicked over a candle and said 'Awww, too bad he's dead,'" White claimed outside of the courtroom Wednesday. "Why would he do that?"
Other family members said the officer laughed, tore down memorial posters and stomped on more candles.
A police officer declined to immediately respond Wednesday when asked whether the officer who shot Desean was present at the vigil or is now on active duty.
White said the altercations started when Desean's sister, who was overcome with grief, "lost it and hit the officer."
"Now, my daughter is not going to be able to bury her son because she's in jail," said White.
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Terry White, Desean's grandfather, was also at the vigil when the fight broke out between mourners and police.
"As the crowd grew, the police presence grew, and once that officer went over there and snatched those posters down and started stomping out those candles, that was it," Terry White, 58, said.
"It was just ignorant. It was ignorant to move in like that," Terry White said.
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Police said the arrests were made Tuesday after objects were thrown at officers.
Several officers were struck by the objects and treated for minor injuries, said Officer Ana Pacheco, a Chicago Police Department spokeswoman.