And, once again, Chicago police department under fire for deadly force

as of 27 jan 2015, 07:55

Black inhabitant US ‘accidentally’ killed

CHICAGO –

The police in the US white cops against black citizens is again under fire. The occasion is the death, Saturday, of two black residents of Chicago, a 19-year-old boy and 55-year-old woman. This woman is, according to the police “accidentally” by agents killed, reports CNN.

Photo: AP

The police came down on a notification about a domestic quarrel. The 19-year-old boy would his father have been threatened with an aluminum bat and a mental disorder. On the spot the boy was, according to the police, very aggressive and he was therefore shot down. According to local media, he stood up to swing with the bat.

His neighbour below, the mother of five children, was accidentally shot and killed. The police expresses its deepest condolences to the family and friends of the woman”. An investigation into the incident is set.

Although the exact background is not clear, accuse the families of the victims, the police it excessive to have responded. Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to still not get ahead. In a statement, he says that , every time an agent uses violence, residents answers earn. And regardless of the circumstances, mourn we for the loss of a person’s life in our city.”

The incident follows weeks of demonstrations against the police in Chicago. Thousands of people took to the streets after recently a video was released which shows that a 17-year-old black young man without a clear reason in Chicago, is shot and killed by a white agent. The agent is accused of murder of the teenager.

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