Omega Man Killed by Police

[CountryGurl]

Originally posted by ladygreek
It's deeper than that even. They are trying to say that he was involved in drugs to justify the killing. Reading this article, that argument is being highly disputed. If the family was told that the autopsy reports came back negative that means there were NO signs of alcohol or drugs found. But now suddenly the reports are positive? That does lend itself to a strong suspicion of evidence tampering. In any case, he was kneeling on the ground and shot point blank. So as you said it was totally senseless.

Ladygreek, I agree with you completely.

[DoggyStyle82]

ATLANTA - Dougherty County District Attorney Kenneth B. Hodges III of Albany
was named Monday as the prosecutor to take over the homicide case involving
the Dec. 10 fatal shooting of Kenneth B. Walker by a Muscogee County deputy
sheriff.The appointment of Hodges, 38, was announced by Georgia Attorney General
Thurbert Baker, who received the case after Muscogee County District Attorney
Gray Conger stepped aside."Ken Hodges was my first choice to handle this
matter," Baker said in a news release. "I have absolute confidence in his
ability to
make the right decisions."Baker said the Albany prosecutor has demonstrated
during his career "the willingness to make the tough call in a high-profile ca
se" and can be expected to do the right thing, regardless of "what may be
politically expedient."In a telephone interview, Hodges said he has received the
Walker case file. The file includes the six-volume Georgia Bureau of
Investigation report of the shooting of Walker by Deputy Sheriff David Glisson,
who was
fired Feb. 19 by Muscogee Sheriff Ralph Johnson.Glisson fatally shot an unarmed
Walker, 39, after a stop along Interstate 185. Before being stopped, Walker
and three friends -- Warren Beaulah, Anthony Smith and Daryl Ransom -- had been
riding in a gray GMC Yukon seen leaving Northwoods Apartments on Armour Road.
The apartment was under surveillance by Metro Narcotics Task Force agents,
according to official accounts.The men were ordered from the vehicle by a group
of Sheriff's Department Special Response Team members called in to assist the
task force. Moments later, Walker was shot twice in the head. He was
pronounced dead about four hours later at The Medical Center.Hodges offered no
estimate
of how long it would take him to prepare the case. He said he expects it will
take "some time" to complete his review of the Walker file."I'll review the
file and meet with the victim's family," he said. "Of course, I'll also discuss
possible options with defense lawyers, but it's too early to make a decision
as to what will happen.Hodges said he cannot say whether he will take the case
to a grand jury. If that happens, it will go before the Muscogee County grand
jury in Columbus, he said.Hodges won't be working the case alone. Dougherty
Chief Assistant District Attorney Greg Edwards will assist, Hodges said.Conger
praised the attorney general for choosing Hodges, calling his fellow district
attorney an "excellent choice" to handle the controversial case.Conger stepped
aside from the case Feb. 20, hours after receiving the GBI report on Walker's
death. Conger said at the time that he wanted to avoid the appearance of bias
or favoritism.Conger said he is confident in Hodge's ability."He's a very
fine district attorney and recently had a big role in the case against the
former
sheriff in Dekalb County and that conviction," Conger said. "We're lucky to
have him on this case."Glisson's attorney, Richard Hagler, said he respects
Hodges' past work."I have dealt with Mr. Hodges before in a professional
capacity
and have every respect for him," Hagler said. "I look forward to working with
him."

[PerroLoco]

March On Columbus, GA, Friday, July 16, 2004-Tribute to Brother Kenny Walker
Brothers

'Rainbow/Push along with Bill Champbell (Attorney) and several other
social/civic organizations are holding a Dignity March, Friday, July 16, 2004 at
11:00am in Columbus, GA as a tribute to the Kenny Walker Family. Kenny is the
Fraternity Brother who was gun-downed by the Columbus Police earlier this year.
The March will beging at the Thomas H. Brewer Elementary School at Buena Vista &
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Columbus, GA. The Dignity Day March of
inclusion, justice, freedom and equality as a closuer for Columbus Community.

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Omega Psi Phi Fraternity is being asked to participate in the March. We need
to got to Columbus in numbers to show our support to this fallen Brother. For
more information contact (706) 687-332-0073 or (706) 569-0760.

[PerroLoco]

Interesting article on Bro. Walker. This is the latest, most up to date article on our good brother. Why won't the cops release the tape?

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/l...al/9540555.htm

[PerroLoco]

Originally posted by Iconoclastic
You were not there and you do not know. All we can do is speculate on the situation. If such things have happened to you, stop whining and get a lawyer. If I believe for one single moment that I am being stopped because I am Black, I will be on the phone with my lawyer at the scene (if possible) or shortly thereafter. One good idea in situations like this is to dial your cellphone to someone or your own home that has an answering machine. Let the scenario play itself out. That's if you have a cellphone. If not, DO WHAT YOU ARE TOLD.

I hope that you take a look at this video and see how needlessly and your Brother as a fellow African American was SLAUGHTERED . Will you still make excuses, believe the worst of the victim, absolve the systemic white supremacy that you parrot and extol????

See the link......read the article......view the video......open your mind.....let go of the HATE and acknowledge the TRUTH

GREEKCHAT>>>> it is a shame before God what has happened to my Fraternity Brother but what happens needlessly for all Black men. Merely being Black is sufficient grounds for being treated like an animal. They left the man shot, bleeding and unattended for 2 whole minutes!!!!!

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/l...h_walker_case/

[ladygreek]

Okay, the feelings of utter sadness and despair returned upon seeing this. And Perro, please don't besmirch Brother Walker's memory by saying that Fred Hatchett was his Omega Brother.

[James]

IF this happened in the NE people would be marching in the streets. They are more civlized down there in the South I guess. Which may be why these things can happen.

There is an old saying that a Prosecutor can get an indictment on a ham sandwhich.

I had a friend that has sat on a grand jury before and he said prosecutors never come in without asking for an indictment on a charge.

In this case it looks political. The prosecutor gets to blame the grand jury for not giving an indictment . . . and he knows most people will just accept that because they don't realize the system.

LEt me put it another way. There are soldiers detained and facing trial in iraq for killing insurgents that were playing dead when they are ina combat zone and facing people that have booby trapped themselves.

Police get a free ride in killing people if they claim they were "afraid" for their lives. And juries let them get away with it. Amazing stuff.

[PerroLoco]

Service calls people to action

About 300 gather to remember Kenneth Walker on first anniversary of his death

BY KELLI ESTERS

Staff Writer


Friday night was déjà vu.

In the same church where the same speaker eulogized Kenneth Walker, people gathered to remember Walker's life and question the events that led to his death one year ago.

"This is supposed to be a celebration. I don't think I'm supposed to cry, but I am," Emily Walker said in front of a crowd of about 300 people as she shared tear-jerking stories of her only son. "In God's time, not ours, we'll have some answers."

Kenneth Walker, 39, was shot and killed by then-deputy David Glisson during a traffic stop of a vehicle that was suspected of carrying armed drug dealers. No drugs or weapons were found on Walker or any of the other three men who were in the vehicle.

At St. Mary's Road United Methodist Church family friend Rev. Daryl Stover of Atlanta was the featured speaker at a memorial service marking the one-year anniversary of Walker's fatal shooting. The service was organized by the local Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, of which Walker was a member.

"Today has been a very difficult day," widow Cheryl Walker said. A year ago was the last time she saw her husband and their 4-year-old daughter saw her father alive. Cheryl Walker told those in the audience, some of whom were wearing black ribbons in remembrance of her husband, that Friday she took her daughter to the grave site for the second time where she just played.

" 'My daddy's not out here, he's in heaven,' " Cheryl recounted her daughter saying at the site.

In the last year, several investigations were launched surrounding the shooting. Glisson was fired for not following procedure, a state grand jury decided not to criminally indict the former deputy and the Walker family filed a $100 million civil suit against Glisson, Muscogee County Sheriff Ralph Johnson and the county.

"It is sort of insensitive for us to be here," Stover said. "There are old wounds that are yet to heal."

Stover called those present into action.

"How good is your voice if you sit and be silent?" Stover said. "Things won't change until you get to movin'."

Urban League President Reginald Pugh, who is also a member of Omega Psi Phi, passed out a letter to all those present. The letter, dated Nov. 29, was addressed to State Attorney General Thurbert Baker and asked him to assign another special prosecutor to the Walker case. The letter alleged that Dougherty County District Attorney Kenneth B. Hodges mishandled the case.

"If we don't get justice, I guarantee another Kenneth Walker incident will occur in Columbus," Pugh said.

At the end of the letter were phone numbers for Baker, Middle District of Georgia U.S. Attorney Max Wood and the U.S. Department of Justice. Pugh asked those at the memorial to call those offices to express their concern and anger about the shooting.

"We all have it in us to do what needs to be done to make sure justice prevails," Pugh said.