Miriam Carey and Marlon Horton: Police Misconduct and the Pain for the Families

I just want you guys to understand the dynamics of losing a loved one in this manner. Can you imagine waking up and having two police officers come to your door and tell you that your son, grandson, brother, daughter, sister, cousin, niece, or nephew was killed?  Well can you imagine them telling you they have no answers because they are not the “investigating officers?” Or leaving your home without giving you no sources to follow up with or giving simple procedure of the protocol that goes on in these matters? Imagine reading about how your loved one died via internet?

No answers are what we got when we tried to reach out to the police and security of the building. What makes it worse, is that the incident was caught on tape, which the authorities have possession of, but won’t allow the family to watch. So when Amy-Carey Jones, the sister of Miriam Carey appeared on television defending her sister and questioning authorities and their actions; I understood, I understand the feeling of not knowing what the hell is going on. It is hard to believe your sibling did something to make the police want to kill them. Furthermore, it is hard to believe that with the years of training one must go through to become a Police Officer, that other tactics could not be used to subdue UNARMED CIVILIANS. 

The pain from these type of situations is unbearable, I mean I can accept a Rodney King like beat down, or Tasers, even a warning shot to the leg might have been appropriate, but to kill people you are “serving and protecting” Mr. Police Officer is not right. I repeat it’s not Right. I had to retain a lawyer, and ask him to search for answers for my family. I too had to talk to media outlets about the situation and present this injustice to the public.

 It is apparent these situations are too common for the black community. Yeah I understand that both Miriam Carey and my brother may have had lapse in judgment that may had lead to uncanny behavior. But to justify killing them will be hard to do for authorities; I know they have their big time lawyers and the ever powerful media behind them, but when the facts start to surface, we will have the truth on our side which trumps all. When I look at pictures of Miriam Carey, I get the same kind of eerie feeling I get when I see pictures of my brother. I t just doesn’t feel right, that’s all I can say. I wish the best for the sister and the family of Miriam Carey, I so wish the best for her 1-year old daughter, who wasn’t hit by a bullet, but as DrKerry L.Malawista brilliantly pointed out in the Huffington Post, is now wounded for life.  I ask for your support in spreading this article and other stories like it that exposes the cruelty that goes in the treatment of victims of Police misconduct, and the families of these victims. Last but not least, I want to say Rest in peace to Miriam Carey and my beloved brother, Marlon Horton.  

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