-Caveat Lector- Hundreds protest police killing of black teen in California Copyright � 1999 Nando Media Copyright � 1999 Associated Press By LARRY GERBER Look back at 1998 at www.nandotimes.com/nt/special/moreyear98.html. RIVERSIDE, Calif. (January 4, 1999 6:26 p.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) - Hundreds marched on police headquarters Monday, outraged over a black teenager shot by police 12 times while sitting in a car with a flat tire. Relatives of the young woman demanded a federal investigation. The roughly 300 demonstrators included leaders from local civil rights groups. Protesters carried signs with photos of the dead teen, Tyisha Miller, 19. A banner read: "Stop police brutality" and a sign proclaimed: "they murdered innocent teen." No arrests were made. The teenager was killed Dec. 28. A preliminary coroner's report said she was shot 12 times, dying from head and chest wounds. Officers called to the scene by relatives at about 2 a.m. said they found her sitting in the car at a gas station parking lot, a gun in her lap. The car had a flat tire. Its doors were locked, the windows rolled up and the engine was running. Police said she didn't respond until officers broke a window to get her gun. She was shot when she grabbed the weapon, according to officers. Relatives, who filed a lawsuit Monday demanding a federal investigation, claim she was unconscious when she was killed. "I don't believe that, if Tyisha Miller would have been a little white girl, she would have been murdered," said protester Billy Mohammad of neighboring Moreno Valley. The officers involved - three white and one Hispanic - were placed on administrative leave. A sergeant who was at the scene also was put on leave. Police Chief Jerry Carroll met with black community leaders after the shooting and promised a full investigation. Riverside is about 60 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Wingate California Director SKYWATCH INTERNATIONAL Anomalous News http://www.anomalous-images.com/news/news.html New Phobos Update 1/3/99 Anomalous Images and UFO Files http://www.anomalous-images.com DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
