Justice or White Supremacy? White Professor & White Prosecutors Praise Racist White Plains Officer in Fatal Shooting of Unarmed Black Marine

Police Officer Yelled N****r before Killing Unarmed Black Marine in his Home In photo, prosecutor Janet DiFiore. From [HERE] The shooting death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. by city police answering a medical aid call “was totally justified,” according to an analysis by a team of criminologists commissioned by the city days after a grand jury voted not to indict anyone in the 68-year-old former Marine’s death.

The 83-page study, obtained Wednesday by The Journal News, says the “shooting of Mr. Chamberlain was totally justified and took place only after negotiations and all nonlethal means were unsuccessful and Mr. Chamberlain came at a police sergeant with a knife.” The city commissioned a review and analysis of the Police Department after a Westchester County grand jury in May voted not to indict anyone in Chamberlain’s death.

In July, Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. filed a $21 million wrongful deathlawsuit in federal court.  Chamberlain, 68, was shot dead by White Plains Officer Anthony Carelli, who is white, following a two-hour standoff at the door of his apartment in the Winbrook Public Housing complex. The encounter was recorded by audio and video devices.Police went to his residence because his medical alert device accidentally went off. When they arrived Chamberlain told police he did not need any help through his front door. Nevertheless, police demanded he open up his own door. Transcripts from the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office of audio recordings reveal Officer Steven Hart as the officer who said to Chamberlain, “Stop, we have to talk nigger” before police broke down his door. The suit claims that cops taunted the 68-year-old Chamberlain for more than an hour before breaking down his apartment door. 

Police removed the door from its hinges and shot Chamberlain with a stun gun and bean bags, which they said did not stop him. He was shot and killed by Officer Anthony Carelli when police said he lunged at another officer with a knife. Police said he tried to attack officers with a knife and hatchet when they pried the door open. [MORE] 

The analysis, which cost $25,000, was led by Maria Haberfeld (in photo right), chair of the Department of Law and Police Science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Based on four months of research that included visits, interviews with police and top officials, and an extensive examination of policies and procedures, the report analyzes virtually every aspect of the department, including recruitment, training, staffing, discipline and operations.