wilmington - hip hop humanism2024-03-28T19:14:10Zhttps://hiphophumanism.ning.com/news/feed/tag/wilmingtonBringing the Fight to Them: Wilmington, DEhttps://hiphophumanism.ning.com/news/bringing-the-fight-to-them-wilmington-de2020-11-15T23:55:09.000Z2020-11-15T23:55:09.000ZJay Renehttps://hiphophumanism.ning.com/members/TheJayRene<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8168136267?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>For the last 7 days various Delaware residents have been gathering outside the house of Mayor Michael S. Purzycki. The reason they are there is because they are fed up with the Mayor and his silence when it comes to the increasing gun violence in the city of Wilmington that he governs over. When asked about what he will do, before the election, he promised to do much. He even expressed his own fear when it came to walking in the city.</p>
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<p>Currently in Wilmington they are at their highest violent crime rate since 2017. One protester says, "His silence is violence". Another says "he hasn't said anything. He didn't even say anything when the 9-month year old child got shot, but he said something quickly when the looting happened".</p>
<p>The Mayor has showed no sign of life or care regarding this issue. The citizens are offended and hurt by the fact that the Mayor has said nothing then and is still being silent now. "It seems he only cares about certain parts of Wilmington. What about where I leave or where my mother lives"? Says another concerned mother.</p>
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<p>Most of those who stand outside of his home looking for answers are mothers or have been affected directly by gun violence. The citizens have come up with a list of demands that include transparency, grassroot programs that help mentor kids and keep them out of trouble as well as working cameras in high crime areas. </p>
<p>"We will be out here every night until he says something. This is absolutely ridiculous that we are ignored while our people are being killed" says another mother. </p>
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<p>We hope that resolution can be found and that the Mayor finally shows the city of Wilmington, that he does have a heart and does care what happens there.</p>
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<p>We will keep you posted as this story develops.</p>
<p> </p></div>Crime Scene Pictures Raise More Questions in Jeremy McDole Casehttps://hiphophumanism.ning.com/news/crime-scene-pictures-raise-more-questions-in-jeremy-mcdole-case2020-08-01T01:10:31.000Z2020-08-01T01:10:31.000ZJay Renehttps://hiphophumanism.ning.com/members/TheJayRene<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/7111229474?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}6827928282,RESIZE_584x{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}6827928282,RESIZE_400x{{/staticFileLink}}" width="400" alt="6827928282?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;">The murder of Jeremy McDole at the hands of Wilmington Police still looms over the city’s head. After his murder on September 23, 2015, there have been many protests for justice with no avail. Since the beginning, the McDole family has been asking for answers, along with justice in this case. Police told the media and the family that a gun was found on Jeremy and over the last 5 years, no pictures or weapon was produced for the family or the media. On July 28 the department decided to release pictures that they say show the crime scene and the weapon that Jeremy had. However, once you look at all the evidence, it is clear that the scene was tampered with, which takes away from the integrity of the entire scene and the officers involved.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;">After Keandra McDole, the sister of Jeremy was interviewed by a prominent journalist, the pictures surfaced. The journalist asked why the pictures were never presented to the family or the media, and then shortly after the pictures were released to the public by the DOJ. One would think that would be the end of it, however it is clear when you compare the video to the pictures presented by the DOJ, that the pictures do not show how things really happened. We can assume that these pictures were taken to be presented as the truth, however cell phone footage shows that the pictures taken by police and the scene don’t match.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;">In the video of Jeremy’s murder, we see that he falls to his left, over the arm of the wheel chair. As Jeremy falls we can see that nothing falls with him. Also several moments before the shooting, we never see anything in Jeremy’s hands. The officers on the scene also noticed his hands were empty. Reckless officer, Joseph Dellose, known as “Shot Gun Joe” arrived on the scene and promptly grabbed his shot gun. He ran up, with no regard to safety and shot Jeremy in the neck 2 seconds after telling him to “show his hands”.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;">In the video clip we see Jeremy and his wheel chair are facing the street. There is a grey car to Jeremy’s right. Jeremy’s chair is not touching the back of the grey car. After he is shot and he falls to the left, Jeremy’s chair stays facing the street. In the pictures that the DOJ released recently, they show the front of Jeremy’s wheel chair touching the back bumper of the grey car. It also shows a weapon close to the curb to the right of the wheel chair. We can see Jeremy’s body to the left of his wheel chair in the same picture, only showing his foot. The wheel chair is at least two feet away from his body. Per the video that is not where the wheel chair was when Jeremy fell out of it. The wheel chair was moved and placed where we see it documented in the DOJ pictures. In the video we see nothing being thrown by Jeremy or anything falling from his person or chair. Using gravity as the only factor, if this weapon was on Jeremy it would not have fell where it was. They have loosely claimed than an officer picked the weapon off of his body and moved it. That would make no sense now would it?</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;">Police in Wilmington are allegedly not above tampering with evidence or planting it. In the Yahim Harris case, another unarmed victim of gun violence by the hands of police, it is alleged that officers tried to plant a cell phone on him, in an attempt to say that police mistook the cell phone for a fire arm. However footage from a near by pizzaeria made that claim impossible to pass off as the truth. Also on the Jabri Hunter case, video footage captured by a near by resident seemed to be tampered with by the time Special Investigator Terence Jones got ahold of the film. He was told by the residence owner that the password and log in to the footage was already given to police a week prior.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;">The family of Jeremy McDole continue to fight for justice for him and the city continues to protest for him, however the system in Delaware is continuing to fail and cover up the truth with great indecency and boldness. Kathleen Jennings, the current Attorney General does not seem concerned with the injustices that have happened nor does she seem interested in reopening the case on Jeremy despite new evidence being brought to her attention. She needs to be voted out. Regardless of what is said, we can see with our own eyes that there is clearly a problem. If things were like they said, there would be no need to stage a crime scene or plant a weapon. This has to be criminal...actually it is criminal and we demand justice for Jeremy McDole. We encourage you to use your own two eyes and your common sense to see that these officers were trying to cover up their wrong doing. </p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;"><strong>Below: Jeremy sits in his wheel chair to the left of a parked grey car</strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;"><strong>Below: Jeremy McDole falls after being shot by police</strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;"><strong>Below: Picture of the crime scene that DOJ released 28 July 2020</strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:100%;"><strong>Below: News Paper Article that shows where Jeremy actually was and</strong></p>
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<p>The officers who deployed to the scene had the situation under control. This is when things went wrong. Joseph Dellose, a CPL at the time, who has since been fired for continued poor policing, arrived on the scene and after being there less than 10 seconds, Dellose approached Jeremy, told him to show his hands and then immediately afterward opened fire with a shot gun, which struck Jeremy in the neck and chest. Other officers on the site, unsure who fired first, began to shoot into Jeremy as well. The shot him 16 times. Forensics says that the first shot by Dellose would have been enough to kill Jeremy and that the only reason Jeremy stayed in his wheel chair so long, was because of the force of the bullets. When Dellose was asked why he didn't "stand down" like his fellow officers instructed he responded with "he had tunnel vision". His ability to carry a firearm was taken away after this incident.</p>
<p>In the Use of Force Continuum laws (a guideline for how police are supposed to interact with citizens) it clearly states the steps and procedures when dealing with citizens. Jeremy did not have a weapon and his hands were visible at all times, therefore deadly force should of never been used. It is clear that excessive force was used, however no officers were charged because of the immunity law that currently exists in Delaware. It states that if an officer “fears for their lives or the safety of others” they can use deadly force. Dellose didn’t even seek cover when approaching Jeremy. Fear obviously wasn’t a factor. Over the last 5 years the community has taken to the streets in protest in the murder of Jeremy and the corruption that seems to be protecting officers that commit crimes against citizens.</p>
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<p>In a chat with someone we will not name at this time, the mind of the Wilmington police after Jeremy was killed was "he was a piece of shit". As the average citizen we are not allowed to assault or murder people because we feel adversely about them. Police should be no different, and in actuality their standard should be higher. How a police officer feels personally should not be on the job and if it does show up, consequences of that fact, especially when it results in death, should have a consequence. Another big issue is that new evidence has been brought to the Attorney General’s, Kathleen Jennings, attention by Terence Jones, a civil rights private investigator, however she is not even trying to review it. It is her job to review new evidence in all cases. It seems that she too is a part of the problem and rather protect bad police work than to give a family the justice they deserve.</p>
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<p>With lack of consequences, laws that protect bad cops and politicians that won’t do the right thing, Jeremy McDole is not receiving the justice that he deserves. He should not be dead. Being robbed and shot should not be a death sentence. Unarmed men should not be shot or killed. We are hoping to get the immunity law gone or reformed in Delware. If an officer kills and unarmed person, immunity should not be on the table. Until we give the police consequences for their actions, they will continue to be reckless when it comes to human life. Another issue is the lies that police report the news papers. They often state that a weapon was found when it was not. This was true in this case as well other cases that involved unarmed citizens. The police attempt to manipulate the media has been successful in many instances. We can only assume this is done to cover up the intensity of their crimes.</p>
<p><span style="font-size:8pt;"><strong>Below: Mahkieb Booker; Leader of Black Liberation Movement (DE)</strong></span></p>
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