Wednesday September 30, 8:30 AM
Outside a “Community Policing Forum” co-hosted by the US
Justice Department and the NJ Attorney General’s Office
At the Trenton War Memorial
1 Memorial Dr, Trenton, NJ 08608
14 year old Radazz Hearns was shot
at at least 18 times, hit 7 times and severely wounded on August 7, by two yet to be named police
participants in a joint agency task force with at least one of the shooters
being a member of NJ State Police.
The police incredibly and
conveniently claim to have found a gun – 12 hours after the incident – under a
government vehicle that was not even on the scene when the incident occurred
and was brought to the scene to provide lighting to assist the “investigation”
of the scene.
Radazz Hearns faces serious
juvenile charges mostly surrounding the supposedly discovered weapon – as of
yet there are no police claims that there is even any at all physical evidence
linking the victimized child to the “found” weapon.
Adding insult to grave injury –
unnamed police personnel have leaked private juvenile records of Radazz Hearns
which have been widely reported, especially in the local paper The Trentonian.
On September 30, the task force
calls upon all justice seeking people from Trenton, the surrounding area and beyond to come
stand up and join in the press conference, picketing and leafleting starting at 8:30 am.
The demands of the Task Force
are as follows:
Immediate dropping of all
charges against Radazz Hearns
Prosecution of the responsible parties for the leaking to the press of legally protected juvenile records
Formation of an independent civilian police review board modeled on
the one recently implemented by Newark, NJ
This event provides the potential to send a clear message
directly to the US Justice Department and to the Attorney General that has
pressed the charges on Radazz Hearns as they meet inside for a day long event
with discussions on community relations for police.
In addition to the press conference, participants plan to
picket with signs that state their demands and hand out a fact sheet to those
going into the policing conference and other passers by. This is an ideal opportunity to unite various
communities that are part of efforts for justice, the Black Lives Matter
movement, the organizations working to Decarcerate the Garden State and all who
want to send a clear message to the top levels of the criminal justice system
that will be assembled inside the War Memorial Building.
Stay tuned for more details as they are announced and in the
meantime, please circulate this notice widely.
For more information, contact: umioorganizer@gmail.com
Here is a skeptical report on the police version of the incident:
http://www.trentonian.com/general-news/20150920/experts-weigh-in-to-question-the-shooting-of-trenton-teen-radazz-hearns
Here is a skeptical report on the police version of the incident:
http://www.trentonian.com/general-news/20150920/experts-weigh-in-to-question-the-shooting-of-trenton-teen-radazz-hearns
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