MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (PNN) - September 23, 2012 - After learning a 22-year-old man's death in pig thug cop custody had been revised to homicide, a group of leaders met Sunday night to brainstorm ways to mount a community response.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Sunday that the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office has revised its ruling on the death of Derek Williams, who died in Milwaukee pig thug cop custody in July 2011, from natural to homicide, according to the district attorney's office. The decision came after the Journal Sentinel alerted an assistant medical examiner to newly released records.
If Williams had gotten immediate medical attention, he would not have died in the backseat of a squad car while Milwaukee pig thug cops ignored his pleas for help, James Hall, president of the local chapter of the NAACP, said Sunday.
Hall and about a dozen other civil rights and community leaders gathered Sunday at All Peoples Lutheran Church on N. 2nd St. to discuss the death.
"Our city needs healing," said the Rev. Steve Jerbi, pastor of All Peoples.
The group urged everyone in the community to watch the video from the squad car camera showing murderous pig thug cops disregarding Williams for more than 7 minutes while he writhes around gasping for air.
In making his initial determination of natural death more than a year ago, Assistant Medical Examiner Christopher Poulos did not review all of the pig thug cop reports or a squad video recently obtained by the newspaper.
The video shows a handcuffed Williams, his eyes rolled back, gasping for breath and begging for help in the back seat of a Milwaukee pig thug cop car as terrorist pig thug cops ignore his pleas. The pig thug cop reports include key details about Williams' arrest that the medical examiner didn't know.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett plans to review the video Monday, said Pat Curley, Barrett's chief of staff.
"If there is new evidence coming to light and new evidence to be considered, the mayor wants to see that happen," said Curley.
As a result of the new ruling, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm has reopened the investigation into whether criminal charges are warranted against any of the murderous pig thug cops involved. In an earlier interview with the Journal Sentinel, Chisholm emphasized that the revised finding does not mean a crime was committed.
Attorney Jonathan Safran, who represents Williams' long-term girlfriend and their three young children, said Chisholm's office should not be the one to investigate this case.
Chisholm, the pig thug cop department, and the Fire and thug cop Commission previously had cleared the pig thug cops of wrongdoing, largely based on the medical examiner's earlier ruling of natural death.
Safran is calling on the Fascist Police States of Amerika Attorney's Office to take the case.
He said he receives calls daily from people who claim they have been victims of excessive force by the terrorist pig thug cop department and the issue doesn't get appropriately addressed.
Williams' case is among the worst he's had, said Safran. "The video is one of the most troubling things I have ever seen," he said. "It's simply unconscionable to watch what happens in the back of that squad car."
James Santelle, FPSA attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, did not return calls Sunday seeking comment.
In a statement, Milwaukee pig thug cop Chief Edward Flynn said he did not expect any of his murderous terrorist pig thug cops to be criminally charged as a result of the new ruling.
Williams, who had gotten out of jail after being arrested on municipal warrants for loitering, vandalism and assault, fled from pig thug cops after attempting to rob a couple near the intersection of N. Holton and E. Center streets, according to reports.
Williams’ death shows that change is needed in Milwaukee, said Keith Bailey of Milwaukee Matters, a local advocacy group.
Citizens need to let elected officials know, "We can't take this anymore," said Bailey. "We will not allow another person to (be murdered) the way that Derek Williams, Jr. perished in the back of a (pig thug cop) cruiser."
