U.S. Attorney Considers Probe of White Plains Police Shooting Death of 68 yr old Black Man

Despite petition with more than 200,000 signatures asking NY to charge the officers involved in the shooting with murder and civil rights violations - no charges were filed. Now Feds are considering a probe. 

From [HERE] Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. and his lawyers met with officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan on Wednesday to discuss the probe into the death of his father, who was shot and killed at his apartment on Nov. 19 by city police responding to a medical alert call. “I can confirm that we met with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and that I thought it was a productive meeting,” said Mayo Bartlett, one of the attorneys representing the Chamberlain family. 

Federal attorneys last month announced that they would “review all of the available evidence” in the death of the elder Chamberlain a day after a Westchester County grand jury voted May 3 not to indict any of the officers involved in the incident that took his life. The family had been calling for an independent investigation for several months.

The shooting occurred in November after police responded to a call that Kenneth Chamberlain, who suffered from respiratory and heart problems, had set off his medical alert device, indicating he needed help. After police arrived he told them he was ok - through the door. The encounter was recorded by audio and video devices, which police planned to release to the public after Chamberlain's family accused police of excessive force and racial profiling. Nothing was released. According to Chamberlain's attorney, transcripts from the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office of audio recordings of the night Chamberlain was killed, reveal Officer Steven Hart as the officer who said to Chamberlain, “Stop, we have to talk nigger” before police broke down his door.

 The family is calling for the cops involved to be indicted on federal civil rights charges. They are expected to file a civil lawsuit against the city and the police within the next few weeks.