ACLU TESTIFIES AT INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON POLICE EXECUTION OF MILTON HALL IN SAGINAW, MI

ACLU TESTIFIES AT INTER-AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ON KILLING OF MILTON HALL IN SAGINAW, MI

From the Michigan ACLU

October 27, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan testified today before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) about the failure of the U.S. Justice Department to prosecute officers involved in the unjustified police shooting death of Milton Hall in Saginaw, Michigan.

Jewell Hall

From Jewell Hall, Milton Hall’s mother

For much of his life, my son Milton stood up for those who did not have the strength to stand up for themselves.

But now he’s gone, gunned down by Saginaw police officers who fired more than 45 shots at him, striking him 14 times. Now, Milton Hall needs someone to stand up for him.

Although Milton’s death was captured on camera, caught by police dashcams and bystanders’ cellphones, justice still has not been served.

Despite the abundance of evidence, the Saginaw County prosecutor refused to charge the officers who killed Milton with any crime. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Justice failed to charge those officers as well.

Milton Hall

Milton’s death has been devastating to me, to our family and to our community. But his senseless killing also has given me a renewed commitment to work, in the little time that I have left, with parents whose kids have been similarly killed.

Together, we must address conditions that allow police to use excessive and deadly force with impunity. We need to change how police deal with situations like the one that ended my son’s life.

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