Police Kill 73 Year Old Man, Family Claims Cover-Up

By Casey Gane-McCalla, Assistant Editor March 17, 2009 10:30 am

From Womanist Musings

This 73 year old cancer survivor, Bernard Monroe was enjoying a barbecue and some family time when the police arrived to question his son Shawn Monroe.  At the time of this incident Monroe had no standing arrest warrants pending. The media of course make a point of letting the public know that Shawn has a lengthy record. Monroe was shot by Louisiana Police and his family is alleging racism and a police cover-up.

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Here is a quote from the town’s police chief

“If I see three or four young black men walking down the street, I have to stop them and check their names,” said [Homer, Louisiana Police Chief Russell] Mills, who is white. “I want them to be afraid every time they see the police that they might get arrested. We’re not out there trying to abuse and harass people—we’re trying to protect the law-abiding citizens locked behind their doors in fear.”

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  • 5-11-2009 10:41 pm

    it’s a dam shame, it’s 2009 and black folks are still getting used for target practice, and this f**k azz system of ours still view it as a senseless incident and immediately the media move on to the next story,like so what; “Here we have a better story” such as ” A lil **** girl survive a dog bite” yall better wake the f**k up, We must place the same value on the life of a police officer as they place on ours..

  • 4-10-2009 12:53 pm

    Blessings for our Soldier Lovell Mixon!!! This is why devils must die!

  • 4-10-2009 12:46 pm

    When will it ever end??? This is so senseless!!!!!

  • 4-10-2009 11:37 am

    we shood all say f**k da police and take this country by storm

  • 4-10-2009 11:21 am

    sad we cant trust most of those that are supposed to uphold the law. And its amazing how the media over expands the whole issue when a black person has been caught doing something wrong. Like the mike vick ordeal how many other whites have been caught doing dog fighting ? now they got mike vick dog chew toys and mike vick this and that like hes the devil on the earth when thousands of other people have been caught doing the same thing and to think he would have gotten less prison time if he would have killed some one. sometimes I wonder why or how did people become so ignorant to hate another race of their own kind just over skin color. jealousy ? envy ?or just stupidity ?

  • 4-9-2009 10:54 pm

    IM FROM NEW ORLEANS NEVER HEARD ANY OF THIS IN THE NEWS, I BEEN ASHAMED OF LOUISIANA NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THIS BUT A LOT OF REASONS VERYYYYYY SAD TO HERE THIS WE ALL NEED TO PRAY FOR THESE PEOPLE WOW! THIS REALLY HITS UR HART HARD.

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