Vol. 71/No. 31 September 3, 2007
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Chicago: daily rallies protest cop brutality
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Militant/Jorge Lertora
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CHICAGO, August 10—Ashunda Harrison, right, addresses rally of 300 in North Lawndale, a Chicago neighborhood, to demand justice for her nephew Aaron Harrison. The 18-year-old Black youth was shot to death by police on August 6. Daily rallies have been held to protest the killing. The Cook County medical examiner said Harrison was shot in the back. Witnesses say police chased Harrison, who was unarmed, into the alley and shot him. The police claim he had a gun.
“It may not be your son today but it may be tomorrow,” Ashunda Harrison said. This is the second death at the hands of Chicago cops this week. Gefery Johnson died a few days earlier after the police shocked him several times with a taser gun. —ROLLANDE GIRARD Front page (for this issue) | Home | Text-version home |