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Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes--- Begin Message ------ End Message ---I was on the scene at 26th and James Thursday night August 22 from 11 til maybe 1 AM. I was back the next morning, and again that evening for the community march, and I talked to dozens of witnesses. I have read the posts to this list on the subject and would like to add my impressions and observations.MANY people, old and young, not all members of the affected family, agreed on the following scenario. A police van, backed up by many squad cars, pulled up in front of the house and as soon as the van door opened a police officer began firing, weapon on full automatic. The 11-year old, who was holding the dog on a leash, was hit and let go of the leash. The dog went around the corner to die of what several witnesses agreed was a minimum of 3 wounds and possibly more. the 11-year old was then handcuffed and left on the ground and other members of the family were threatened with shooting if they got in the way or said anything. The police then searched the house and left, at no time presenting the family with any paper of any kind. Neighborhood youth then gathered and began stoning cars with white passengers, I personally experienced some of these. All of this makes the official police/media story of a single bullet that somehow went through a dog, bounced off the concrete, and still managed to make a hole in an 11-year old's arm unlikely at best. I don't know the family that lives on 26th and Knox, but I talked to them extensively and their story accords with that of many neighbors. People were not shy of pointing out which houses were drughouses, this house not being among them, and of how little response they were able to get out of the police concerning them. I also heard many stories of arbitrary stops, both of pedestrians and drivers, sometimes mixed with racial epithets. Two separate people told the same story of being stopped while driving, asked for license and proof of insurance, and when both turned out to be OK, the officer in question contemptuously threw them back into the car. This is not the story that appears in the media, and it is rare that the official police story is ever contradicted in the media. There is no question but that the media deserves a black eye for not questioning the police version of events in this incident, as well as the Terelle Oliver shooting and the Donald/Schmidt killings. And as for the assaults on the journalists I can say that I wish they hadn't done it, they did not deserve to be attacked, but I can understand why. It is disappointing that the Issues List discussion of these important events has mostly devolved into a back-and-forth about pitbulls. When neighbors contend that the animal in question was well-trained, leashed, and had never bitten anyone. Bill Cooley E.Hennepin Ave. CUAPB __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com--- End Message ---
