29.03.2012 - 15:54 [ Democracy Now! ]

Unarmed Black Veteran Kenneth Chamberlain Shot Dead by NY Police, Yet No Officers Charged

As the Trayvon Martin case draws national attention, we look at another fatal shooting of an unarmed African-American male that has received far less scrutiny. Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr., a 68 year-old African-American Marine veteran, was fatally shot in November by White Plains, NY, police who responded to a false alarm from his medical alert pendant.