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NEWS & LETTERS, March 2004Chicago police killing of Darryl HamiltonChicago--Darryl R.L. Hamilton, affectionately known as Man-Man to his family, friends and neighbors, was chased, then gunned down and murdered Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003 at approximately 9:30 p.m. A Chicago Police Department Rookie-Probationary Officer with less than one year active duty shot and killed Man-Man at 7000 South Dorchester Avenue. After being cornered on the side of Enrico Fermi Elementary Schoolyard, 18-year old Darryl was shot nine times in cold blood, once in the right shoulder, seven times in the back, and one time in the back of the head. Eyewitnesses say the incident was captured on a surveillance camera mounted on the side of the school building. After the shooting Darryl was dragged, laid face down, a gun put under his body, bleeding and dying for more than an hour before a Fire Department ambulance arrived to pronounce him dead. Family members arrived at the scene and tried to approach Darryl but they were restrained and prevented from reaching him. After police promises to allow the family to see Darryl and get help for him were not kept, they became distraught and burst through the police line. Immediately Ms. Johnetta Davis, Mother Dorian Hamilton, and Darryl’s sister and 15-year old younger brother were handcuffed, arrested, and charged with disorderly conduct. They were thrown into the back of a police wagon and detained at the Cottage Grove police station until 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3 before any of them were released. Witnesses say that a group of white Chicago Police Department sergeants entered the school, set off the fire alarm, and ordered the custodian to open the door to the security office. He refused and later was ordered by an unknown Chicago Public School official to open the door for police. They removed the surveillance tape and viewed it as family, friends, and neighbors watched them through the school windows. They exited the building with the tape in hand. After the Hamilton family complained on Jan. 10, their front door was burst down and their home stormed into and ransacked by 20 police officers. An uncle, Michael Hamilton, was attacked and arrested, and another uncle, Carl Hamilton, was attacked by officers at the Area 2 Third District Police Station. A gun was placed in his mouth, his tooth broken, and he too was then arrested. Ms. Bessie Hamilton, Darryl's grandmother, described the home invasion and physical mistreatment as the equivalent of rape. Please give this family and community your support by demanding justice for Darryl Hamilton, a victim of Chicago Police Department killer cops. Please call churches, elected officials, community leaders, organizations, ministers, and local social service agencies to aid and assist Darryl’s family. --Ms. Toni Stith, Parent Advocate, "For My Child" Organization |
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