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Video above: High school students in Madison, Wisconsin occupied the state capitol building to protest the killing of 19-year-old Tony Robinson by white cop Matt Kenny March ; radio dispatches indicate cops knew who he was, and that he was likely unarmed. Meanwhile, killings by cops across the country have continued, with two fatal shootings of unarmed Black men in Georgia and Colorado. According to the following link, police have killed three men a day so far in 2015. The story links to a list of those who have been killed.
http://www.dontcomply.com/so-far-in-2015-police-have-killed-three-people-a-day/#sthash.JBMhTdPS.dpuf
There is also a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/KilledByPolice?fref=nf
UNARMED BLACK VETERAN, MUSICIAN KILLED BY DEKALB COUNTY COPS WAS ANTHONY HILL, 27
- Anthony Hill’s last Facebook post: “Where I once saw death, now I only see life.
“Where I once saw death, now I see life”–Hill’s last post on Facebook page
By Steve Visser
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
March 10, 2015
The naked, unarmed man shot and killed by DeKalb County police Monday afternoon has been identified as 27-year-old Anthony Hill of Chamblee.
Hill was an Air Force veteran and a musician, according to his Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/theycallmeant?fref=nf
And his name has already become a hashtag on social media, a platform hundreds of people have used in the hours since the shooting to express sadness, confusion and outrage.
“Something must be done about police training,” @historygal517 wrote in a Twitter post. “How could a naked unarmed man be dangerous enough to shoot? #AnthonyHill needed help. #Dekalb”
Still from video shows Hill hanging from apartment balcony moments before he was shot and killed by police. He was bipolar, according to news reports.
The GBI has been called in to investigate if the officer acted properly when he fatally shot the man, who appeared to be mentally ill Monday, said Cedric Alexander, director of the county public safety department.
According to Alexander, a DeKalb officer responded to an apartment complex about 1 p.m. on a “suspicious person” report in which a man, who lived in The Heights at Chamblee, was knocking on apartment doors, had disrobed and was crawling around naked.
“No weapon was found,” Alexander said. “The GBI is going to take the point on this investigation.”
Onlookers gather at Chamblee Apartments where Hill died.
The man ran at the officer and ignored demands to stop before the officer shot him twice, Alexander said. He said he did not know the distance between the officer and the man when the shots were fired, if the man was charging the officer or just running and if the officer should have deployed his Taser. That will all be part of the investigation, he said.
The name of the officer, a 7-year-veteran of the force, has not been released. The officer is on administrative leave.
Anthony Hill with friend Bridget, who wrote: Today was our 3 year anniversary. I love babe. I know you’re happy to see your granddad in heaven.
Today was our 3 year anniversary… I love you babe. Rest in paradise. I know you’re happy to see your granddad.
Alexander said the decision to call in the GBI was in step with a national move toward having independent agencies investigate officer-involved shootings. Alexander said it was not tied to recent unrest involving a DeKalb police investigation into an officer’s fatal shooting of a 44-year-old man who had called 911 for police help.
In that case, Alexander agreed to call in the GBI following demands by the man’s family members and protesters.
DeKalb officers receive some training in dealing with the mentally ill while in the academy before they join the force, Alexander said, but on Monday he said perhaps the training needed to be bolstered.
“That is becoming more and more apparent,” he said.
— Staff writers Ben Gray, Mike Morris, Alexis Stevens and Rodney Thrash contributed to this report.
Three of Anthony Hill’s songs are available on his Soundcloud page, where he uses the name Ant Lanta.
Hill’s photo of family members on his Facebook page.
NAESCHYLUS VINZANT, ANOTHER UNARMED BLACK MAN, KILLED BY POLICE IN COLORADO: REPORTS
March 9, 2015
International Business Times
Naeschylus Vinzant, photo from Colorado Dept. of Corrections
As protests grew over the shooting of an unarmed biracial teenager in Wisconsin, police in Aurora, Colorado, announced an African-American man fatally shot last week also had been unarmed. Police Monday said the 37-year-old man, identified by the coroner’s office as Naeschylus Vinzant, was a parolee who had removed a Department of Corrections ankle monitor. The officer responsible for the shooting, who has not been named, was placed on administrative leave, the Denver Post reported.
Aurora Police Cmdr. Paul O’Keefe told a news conference Vinzant was on foot when he was shot once Friday. Officers were trying to arrest him in a kidnapping and robbery investigation. The officer who did the shooting hired a lawyer and was being interviewed by investigators, O’Keefe said.
AURORA, CO – MARCH 06: Scene of an Aurora Police officer involved shooting near 12th Ave and Memphis St. March 06, 2015. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
“Police actions are going to be questioned to a much greater degree,” said Nicholas Metz, chief of the Aurora Police Department, apparently referring to the national conversation about law enforcement prompted by several recent police-involved killings of unarmed black men and boys. Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice released a searing report detailing racial discrimination and targeting by police in Ferguson, Missouri, where white police Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed unarmed black teen Michael Brown last August. The Justice Department’s investigation in Ferguson cleared Wilson of civil rights violations in the shooting.
Public outcry Monday was growing over the shooting of Tony Robinson in Madison, Wisconsin, last Friday. The biracial 19-year-old, who reportedly suffered from anxiety and depression, was unarmed at the time white police Officer Matt Kenny shot him. Robinson, whose case was drawing comparisons to Brown’s in Ferguson, reportedly struck Kenny in the head before he was shot. Police had been responding to reports the teen allegedly assaulted two friends at a Madison apartment.
Protest after brutal killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown by cop Darren Wilson in Ferguson, MO
