According to the gothamist, "A Westchester County grand jury has decided not to indict the White Plains officer who fatally shot an unarmed chronically ill elderly black man. There will be no trial for Officer Anthony Carelli, who shot Marine veteran Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr. during a tense confrontation last November... The lawyer for the family of Chamberlain Sr., who has reviewed the LifeAid audiobox recording (which picked up every sound inside the apartment during the fatal confrontation) and the security camera video, said: “The minute they got in the house, they didn’t even give him one command. They never mentioned ‘put your hands up.’ They never told him to lay down on the bed. The first thing they did...you could see the Taser light up...and you could see it going directly toward him.” ...con'd "Chamberlain died a few hours later in surgery from his wounds.
“My family and I are profoundly saddened at the fact that there was no indictment in the murder of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr.,” the victim's son Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. said in the statement. “I have a hard time putting my trust in a system that I feel has failed me already.” The family has also said the medical examiner’s autopsy report’s description of the path of the bullet shows that Chamberlain could not have been raising his arm to stab an officer when he was shot. Chamberlain family lawyers Randolph McLaughlin and Mayo Bartlett have notified the city of their intention to file a civil lawsuit in the case." --
full article here: http://gothamist.com/2012/05/03/grand_jury_votes_not_to_indict_cop.php
I am very surprised about the Grand Jury's decision not to indict. Perhaps all of the evidence was not presented however it seems to be a cover up. There is clear audio and video of Mr. Chamberlain stating that he is "fine" and that the police need to leave. There is also evidence of racial slurs being used towards him and that they used unnecesary police force. This is a disgrace but the fight is not over.
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