The march was organized in the past weeks as a way to show support for Stan North and Oda Poole, who were involved in the death of a Rockford man last month in a church day care. Police and day care workers say the fatal shooting was witnessed by children, and the public has criticized the officers' actions and conflicting accounts of what happened during the man's altercation with police. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.