Westchester DA: 2 police shootings will not be resubmitted
Two fatal police shootings of Black men in Westchester County will not be resubmitted to a grand jury.
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Two fatal police shootings of Black men in Westchester County will not be resubmitted to a grand jury.
The families of Danroy "DJ" Henry and Kenneth Chamberlain told CBS2 on Thursday it's a step towards justice, and accountability.
Former Marine Kenneth Chamberlain, 68, died after police broke down his door and Officer Anthony Carelli opened fire.
A federal jury was deliberating a case Wednesday to determine whether a White Plains police officer is liable in a man's death.
The officers were cleared in a criminal trial, but now Kenneth Chamberlain's family is seeking damages from the city of White Plains and the officer who fired the shots.
Jury selection begins next week in the federal civil rights trial of a 68-year-old African-American Marine Corps veteran who was shot to death in his home by police after they responded to an accidental medical alert.
Officer Steven Hart was on a team of officers dispatched to check on the well-being of 68-year-old Kenneth Chamberlain after his medical alert device went off.
The lawsuit blames White Plains and eight members of its Police Department for excessive force, wrongful death, conspiracy and more in the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.
A grand jury found no reasonable cause to vote for an indictment in the Nov. 16 killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, Westchester County prosecutors said.
How did a call for help lead to police killing a man in his home? A grand jury in Westchester County was considering the case Monday involving White Plains Police, a medical false alarm, and the fatal shooting of a former Marine.
The lawyer for the family of shooting victim Kenneth Chamberlain said he'd like to see an indictment against White Plains Officer Steven Hart.
After a response to a medical alert device ended in the shooting death of a 68-year-old man at the hands of the White Plains police, the son of the dead man is seeking more transparency.
A call from a medical alert pendant quickly became anything, but routine at the apartment of 68-year-old Kenneth Chamberlain.