>Bro. Walker's family retains lawyer
>
>NAACP again asks for review board
>
>
>On the two-month anniversary of her son's shooting death, Emily J. Walker
>confirmed Tuesday that her family has hired a prominent Florida attorney.
>
>Walker said that Willie E. Gary, based in Stuart, Fla., is working for the
>family. Kori Love, a spokeswoman for the law firm Gary, Williams, Parenti,
>Finney, Lewis, McManus, Watson & Sperando, confirmed Gary is representing the
>Walkers.
>
>Kenneth Walker, Emily's son, was fatally shot Dec. 10 by Muscogee County
>Sheriff's Deputy David Glisson during the stop of a vehicle suspected of carrying
>armed drug traffickers from Miami. Walker and three other local men were
>pulled from the GMC Yukon on Interstate 185. No drugs or weapons were found.
>
>Attorney Dwayne L. Brown of Montgomery, Ala., was retained weeks ago by the
>other three men in the car.
>
>Neither Emily Walker nor Gary's law firm would give any details as to what
>they have planned.
>
>According to his Web site,
www.williegary.com, Willie Gary is nicknamed "The
>Giant Killer" for taking on little-known clients and beating major
>corporations.
>
>"He has won some of the biggest jury awards in U.S. history," the Web site
>states. "He has also won more than 150 cases valued well in excess of a million
>dollars each."
>
>Tuesday at Council
>
>NAACP Columbus Chapter President Edward DuBose came before Columbus Council
>asking again for a citizen's review board to look into allegations of police
>misconduct and abuse.
>
>"You guys are probably as tired of seeing me, as I am of y'all," DuBose said
>in his opening remarks to council. "But the issue dictates that we still see
>each other."
>
>DuBose said there was a dark shadow over the city because there has been no
>resolve in the Walker case.
>
>"There is no videotape, Glisson is still being paid and Johnson is still in
>office," DuBose said.
>
>Muscogee County Sheriff Ralph Johnson said there was a videotape of the
>incident but has refused to release it. Glisson is on paid administrative leave.
>The NAACP has asked for Johnson's resignation, but Johnson has said he doesn't
>intend to step down.
>
>"The council is going on with business," DuBose said. "But this community
>can't move on collectively until Kenny Walker is resolved."
>
>But council members told DuBose their hands are tied, because they have no
>authority over the independent Muscogee County Sheriff's Department.
>
>"Whether I like it or not..., I have to follow the law," Councilor Evelyn
>Pugh said. "If we could do something, we would've done something. Our hands are
>just as tied as yours are."
>
>Council members did assure DuBose that they were doing research on the
>success of review and advisory boards across the country.
>
>The GBI and FBI said Tuesday that their investigation of the Walker shooting
>continues. FBI Special Agent Steve Lazarus could not give details on the
>status or process of the investigation.
>
>"The investigation is still pending, and there is no timetable," Lazarus said.