Anthony Walker, Paula Isadore Aguilar, Michael McCray, Benjaman Crump
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Michael McCray, a
public interest advocate and organizer of the Whistleblower Summit for Civil
and Human Rights on Capitol Hill organized the university forum, a "Lecture and
Discussion" on Police Brutality and Criminal Justice Reform. Attorneys for the
family of the late Monroe Isadore urged students at the University of Arkansas
at Pine Bluff to go vote, get involved in the community and support the efforts
to "get justice for Isadore."
Anthony Walker, Paula Isadore Aguilar, Michael McCray, Benjaman Crump
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"If Monroe Isadore's name had been Monroe Beebe, he would still be alive," McCray said [Mike Beebe, a White male, is the current Governor of Arkansas.] McCray extolled the value of "community policing" and went on to compare police officers who work in Pine Bluff but are not residents of Pine Bluff as an "occupying force."
The problem with the Isadore case is that the local media has created a false narrative about what happened before the video was released to the public. What the media reported was a "shoot out" between a Black man and the SWAT team; and Isadore was killed by the police in self-defense or defense of others.
But that's not what the video shows. Mr. Isadore had locked himself in his bedroom, and was sitting on his bed with a revolver. He was not threatening anyone, attacking anyone or being belligerent. With no apparent reason or impending threat to anyone. The SWAT suddenly breaks the window with tear gas / "flash bang" grenade. Mr. Isadore is startled and frightened by the explosion and starts firing towards the window. An officer kicks in the door (behind Isadore and away from his line of fire)--and then shoots 107 year old Isadore eight times, nearly decapitating him.
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