FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Re: Here's the letter in the text, without pretty format

[Polly Peterson (peter089]

It is as excellent a letter as I would expect from you Kendyl.  I 
certainly am willing to sign on!  They just talked about lethal taser 
use research by Amnesty International the other day on NPR.  The Amnesty 
reports says that 334 people have died since 2001 after being tased 
(tasered?).  Here is the link to that report.  Stats are on page 25.

http://www.amnestyusa.org/uploads/LessThanLethal.pdf

Polly


Rev. Kendyl Gibbons wrote:
> Sorry about the attachment confusion; here's the text of the letter:
>
>
>
> Councilmember Don Samuels
> Minneapolis City Hall, Room 307
> 350 South 5th Street
> Minneapolis, MN 55415
>
> Dear Mr. Samuels,
>
> The Social Action Committee of the First Unitarian Society and I urge you to
> probe more deeply into questions surrounding the recent death of Quincy
> Deshawn Smith.  Public knowledge at present is limited to the fact that
> Smith, a well-known disc jockey in the North Minneapolis community, had an
> encounter with five police officers early in the morning of December 9,
> during the course of which he was subdued with a Taser.  He was then
> observed to be in medical distress, and died soon after at Hennepin County
> Medical Center.  We understand that the officers involved have been placed
> on paid administrative leave pending completion of an investigation into
> these events.  
>
> We join Quincy Smith's mother and father, as well as the north side
> community, and you, in the desire to understand what happened that resulted
> in the death of this young man.  It is important to us to support our police
> in the appropriate performance of their duties, and to nurture safe
> neighborhoods for all our citizens.  We are best able to achieve these goals
> when we can be assured that everyone is held accountable for their actions,
> and for this purpose, the public needs to be kept informed of what is
> learned in this investigation.
>
> Thank you for all your work on behalf of our city, for justice and peace in
> our community.
>
> Happy holidays,
>
>
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