Burial for Kadeem Trotter
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Please help our family bury our beloved Kadeem Trotter. He was shot by an off-duty court officer on Saturday, 17 September 2016.
It only takes four hours to identify a John Doe. Instead of contacting his mother, Lundie Chambers and my sister, the police instead contacted the media with the court officer's version of the story, the same night my nephew was killed. The media even spoke to the officer's family for their comments, but no one contacted us, the bereaved family.
Although his body lie in a hospital morgue since then, it took detectives 3 days to notify his mother and us that her son and our loved one, respectively, was dead.
The detectives simply told her that it was an "accident" and that "He didn't make it." However, we later found out that according to an eyewitness he was shot while running away. There are several surveillance cameras surrounding the perimeter of the othewise unknown circumstances. What we do know is the police reported that they found four 9mm shell casings at the ultimate scene and that the Medical Examiner has ruled it a homicide.
We should not be burying Kadeem right now, but as we must, we are of modest means. We are humbly asking for any support that you can muster to help us bury our loved one, and yet another black man lost to this epidemic of police officers, murdering our men at will.
It only takes four hours to identify a John Doe. Instead of contacting his mother, Lundie Chambers and my sister, the police instead contacted the media with the court officer's version of the story, the same night my nephew was killed. The media even spoke to the officer's family for their comments, but no one contacted us, the bereaved family.
Although his body lie in a hospital morgue since then, it took detectives 3 days to notify his mother and us that her son and our loved one, respectively, was dead.
The detectives simply told her that it was an "accident" and that "He didn't make it." However, we later found out that according to an eyewitness he was shot while running away. There are several surveillance cameras surrounding the perimeter of the othewise unknown circumstances. What we do know is the police reported that they found four 9mm shell casings at the ultimate scene and that the Medical Examiner has ruled it a homicide.
We should not be burying Kadeem right now, but as we must, we are of modest means. We are humbly asking for any support that you can muster to help us bury our loved one, and yet another black man lost to this epidemic of police officers, murdering our men at will.
Organiser
Kyung L. Trotter
Organiser
Mastic Beach, NY
