This man’s only crime was to run up on a porch when the police asked him to stop. He wasn’t under investigation, hadn’t committed any crime, nothing!! But now he will probably be paralyzed from the waist down after 5 shots from 2 police officers hit him. These reckless cops shot a dozen shots onto a crowded porch that had children on it and injured at least 3 people. These are the actions of a gang, and that’s what the police are: the most powerful gang in the streets!
Police shooting draws protesters
Dozens of Detroit residents are demanding answers about a May 20 shooting in which two police officers allegedly chased an unarmed suspect onto to a crowded porch on the city’s west side and then fired roughly a dozen shots, injuring at least three people and inciting a major confrontation between the community and police.
Gathered at a grassy field at the corner of Holmur and Euclid on Sunday with a white peace sign perched on a wooden stick, more than 50 residents demanded an apology from Mayor Dave Bing and Police Chief James Barren and an investigation. They also want the officers charged by the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.
“I could see if he was doing something, but he wasn’t even doing anything,” said Titania Shipp, whose son, Antonio Jennings, was pursued by police and is now at Henry Ford Hospital, possibly paralyzed from the waist down. “They shot him five times.”
According to residents and friends of Jennings, the 24-year-old was coming back from the store around 5 p.m. when police asked him to stop. For unclear reasons, he ran onto the porch of a home at Montgomery and Holmur and was eventually shot five times. Two children, including a 1-year-old and a 7-year-old, were on the porch at the same, said Teenica Banks, whose mother owns the house.
A Detroit Police spokeswoman couldn’t comment on the incident but said it’s being investigated by the internal affairs department.
“We will do a thorough investigation,” said Sgt. Eren Stephens.
At the rally Sunday, anger over the shooting simmered over when a van of police officers in masks and riot gear pulled up and ordered a group of young men against a fence.
When protesters asked if the officers had a warrant, they left and no arrests were made. Stephens said they were part of a narcotics team doing a street sweep and had nothing to do with the protest.
“They’re terrorizing this community for no reason,” said Gordana Misovski, an attorney who works with Detroit Coalition Against Police Brutality, which helped organize the rally.
