2009-01-10 LA: Police Victims Memorial- Dontaze Storey & Others Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:55:09 -0800 From: "Black August Los Angeles" <[email protected]> Subject: LOS ANGELES: Memorial Service for Dontaze Storey and Other Police Murder Victims
Memorial Service for Dontaze Storey and Other Victims of Police Murder Set For January 10th Los Angeles Family and friends of Dontaze Storey, a 29-year old unarmed Black man who was killed by LAPD officers Oliver Malabuya and Daniel Bunch on Veterans' Day, will have a memorial service on Saturday, January 10th, at McCarty Memorial Christian Church (4101 W.Adams Ave., Los Angeles). The service will start at 12 pm. Organizers of the memorial, which include Storey's family, Coalition for Justice Against Police Murder and Mothers In Action, are also inviting other families of police murder victims to attend and provide testimony. Elected officials like Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Congresswomen Maxine Waters and Diane Watson are being invited also. "While we are grieving about Dontaze, we know he was not the first unarmed victim of police murder" stated Atun Re Baker, Dontaze's uncle. "Hopefully, we can work to make sure this doesn't happen ever again." The officers that killed Dontaze Storey were from the Rampart Division, which has been involved in several incidents of murder and malpractice over the years. Some of the examples include: 1. 1996 Rampart Officer Perez shot 19 year old Javier Ovando in chest and head while he was handcuffed. Mr. Ovando became paralyzed 2. 1997 Testimony revealed that Rampart officers were involved in the shooting death of Christopher "Notorious BIG" Wallace 3. 1998 Rampart CRASH officer Brian Hewitt beat a handcuffed Ishmael Jimenez making the victim vomit blood. Hewitt was later fired 4. 2007 Rampart officers shot and kill 24 year old Matthew Powell while he was face down in a fetal position For Information Contact: Kokayi (714) 612-0366 ### "The Struggle for Human Rights and Dignity Against Torture" myspace.com/lablackaugust ### ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
