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It’s been nearly two years since the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it was reviewing the evidence in the death of Ramarley Graham, an unarmed black teen gunned down at his home in the Bronx in 2012 by NYPD Officer Richard Haste.
And it’s been nearly a year since the DOJ told Graham’s family it had launched a formal civil rights investigation into his death.
Yet while the DOJ has since wrapped up investigations into the deaths of two other unarmed black teens —Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown — Graham’s family is still waiting for answers.
“We’re here demanding that the Department of Justice move swiftly on this case,” Graham’s mother, Constance Malcolm, told a crowd of supporters Thursday outside the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in lower Manhattan. “They’ve been investigating for two years now, but that’s not telling me anything. I want to know when I’m going to get justice for my son.”
“This is Chinnor Campbell, Ramarley’s brother, that was in the house when he was killed,” she continued, her hands resting on 9-year-old Chinnor’s shoulders. “What are you telling him? That the system doesn’t work for him? We don’t want that. We want the officers involved in Ramarley’s killing to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, not a slap on the wrist.”
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Genesis 25:23
23 And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
Revelation 21:4
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
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Ramarley Graham’s Mother Tells DOJ To Stop Dragging Its Feet
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