DETROIT--Eighty people picketed in front of Kroger supermarket February
18 to demand justice for the killing of a Black man, Travis
Shelton, who suffocated at the hands of store security guards for
allegedly shoplifting a $3.19 piece of meat. Shelton died February 8 in
front of the suburban Royal Oak Township grocery market, screaming he
could not breathe while a guard sat on his back. He is the second Black
Detroit resident killed by suburban store guards. Last June, Fredrick
Finley was killed by Dearborn's Lord & Taylor guards who accused a
family member of shoplifting. A second demonstration at the store is
scheduled for February 22.
--OSBORNE HART
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