Thursday, January 24, 2008
Daunte Farrow Case
Everyone in the mid south have heard of this terrible tragedy in West Memphis, Arkansas. If not then maybe you did not watch TV in a while. A West Memphis police officer shot and killed a 12 year old child. The police officer (Sammis) claimed the child had a toy gun. The officer thought the toy gun was real. Farrow, the child was running with another young boy and the officer asked him to stop. The other stopped but Farrow did not hear him in time. When Farrow turned around the officer shot him twice, once in the leg the other in the chest. There was another officer at the scene, he did not shoot. In the report the police's claimed that they did not fear for their lives. Another thing that sounds very strange is the toy gun that Farrow somehow had in his possession did not have any fingerprints on it. Sammis was acquitted of all charges by the state and federal. A trail was never set for his actions. The black counsel members are seeking for a trail date but the other three (white) voted against it. The police told the news that those counsel members (who was looking for justice) were nothing but trouble makers, criminals, child molesters, and rapist. The police officer who shot the child did not have a clean record as the Police Chief claimed. How could a child have a toy with him and there was not fingerprints found on the toy gun. It mystifies me that the local news have over looked that fact.
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