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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/35/17uXJp.St.138.jpeg|525Kare Romanski and her service dog D.J. Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Romanski filed a complaint against a CMPD officer in 2010 that was dismissed. Romanski said the officer physically abused her and had her arrested after she spotted him sleeping in his squad car. In the 14 years since its establishment, Charlotte's Citizens Review Board, set up to look into allegations of police misconduct, has always sided with police. The 11-member board has seldom even granted a formal hearing for the citizens who have complained about police abuse. TODD SUMLIN - tsumlin@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/35/o83XZ.St.138.jpeg|422Kare Romanski and her service dog D.J. Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Romanski filed a complaint against a CMPD officer in 2010 that was dismissed. Romanski said the officer physically abused her and had her arrested after she spotted him sleeping in his squad car. In the 14 years since its establishment, Charlotte's Citizens Review Board, set up to look into allegations of police misconduct, has always sided with police. The 11-member board has seldom even granted a formal hearing for the citizens who have complained about police abuse. TODD SUMLIN - tsumlin@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/35/j0SNL.St.138.jpeg|525Kare Romanski and her service dog D.J. Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Romanski filed a complaint against a CMPD officer in 2010 that was dismissed. Romanski said the officer physically abused her and had her arrested after she spotted him sleeping in his squad car. In the 14 years since its establishment, Charlotte's Citizens Review Board, set up to look into allegations of police misconduct, has always sided with police. The 11-member board has seldom even granted a formal hearing for the citizens who have complained about police abuse. TODD SUMLIN - tsumlin@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/35/Bi1FI.St.138.jpeg|396Kare Romanski and her service dog D.J. Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Romanski filed a complaint against a CMPD officer in 2010 that was dismissed. Romanski said the officer physically abused her and had her arrested after she spotted him sleeping in his squad car. In the 14 years since its establishment, Charlotte's Citizens Review Board, set up to look into allegations of police misconduct, has always sided with police. The 11-member board has seldom even granted a formal hearing for the citizens who have complained about police abuse. TODD SUMLIN - tsumlin@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/35/gh5eA.St.138.jpeg|443Kare Romanski and her service dog D.J. Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Romanski filed a complaint against a CMPD officer in 2010 that was dismissed. Romanski said the officer physically abused her and had her arrested after she spotted him sleeping in his squad car. In the 14 years since its establishment, Charlotte's Citizens Review Board, set up to look into allegations of police misconduct, has always sided with police. The 11-member board has seldom even granted a formal hearing for the citizens who have complained about police abuse. TODD SUMLIN - tsumlin@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/35/1oDOAL.St.138.jpeg|52511/4/07 LaQuan Hykeem Davon Brown, 16, was shot and killed by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Nov. 4 after fleeing from authorities at an east Charlotte apartment complex. The teen died at the scene. photo courtesy the Brown family
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/35/10crX6.St.138.jpeg|525Alexander Ehrenburg. After a Charlotte police officer shot and killed the 67-year-old Ehrenburg in 2005 during a three-hour standoff, his widow filed a complaint with the Citizens Review Board. The board decided not to hold a formal hearing on the killing and dismissed the complaint filed by Ehrenburg's wife. (Photo courtesy of IZABELLA SKORSKA)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/32/1o51UQ.St.138.jpeg|461(07/20/06) Neighbor Tim Turner (CQ, left sunglasses) and friend Wes Tucker (CQ, right) spoke for friends and family of Wayne Furr who was shot and killed by a CMPD officer early thursday morning. A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer shot and killed a cell phone tower worker about 1:20 a.m. Thursday while the man was out making a routine upgrade to the network at the tower on Albemarle Road in east Charlotte. Police said the man Anthony Wayne Furr, 41, of Oakboro was carrying a gun at the time. Friends and colleagues described the slain man as "highly respected" and the kind of guy who will fix your kitchen sink or make sets for the school play. Police are investigating the shooting. (John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/35/4uCrc.St.138.jpeg|4211/17/94 Delvicio Thompson, 10, son of slain motorist Windy Gail Thompson, prays during a candlelight vigil for Thompson held Sunday night at Nations Ford Elementary. Thompson was shot by a police officer after she allegedly tried to avoid arrest. CHRISTOPHER A. RECORD/Staff
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/35/1tNgmT.St.138.jpeg|46812/31/93 WSOC Windy Gail Thompson was driving this car Wednesday night when she was shot by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Officer Mark Farmer. Her car struck a road sign and a utility pole.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/35/1in6ta.St.138.jpeg|43211/21/96 JEFF SINER/Staff Shauqetta Digsby, 4, and her mother, Sharon Digsby, talk about James Willie Cooper at their home Wednesday evening. Sharon Digsby is Cooper's former girlfriend.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/35/UoFgi.St.138.jpeg|32211/21/96 James "Willie" Cooper's driver's license. Cooper was shot and killed by a police officer Tues. night on Commercial St. during a traffic stop. Photo By: Jeff Siner/Staff
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/34/8mWYc.St.138.jpeg|33311/23/96 Dianne Cooper, sister of James "Willie" Cooper, pauses while speaking at the public meeting. Photo By: Jeff Siner/Staff
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/34/1bkbEm.St.138.jpeg|37811/26/96 Members of James Willie Cooper's family -- including his 4-year-old daughter, Shaquetta Digsby -- sit in the front row at Monday night's City Council meeting. L.MUELLER/STAFF
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/34/C0LCC.St.138.jpeg|52511/27/96 A girl picks up a flower from the arrangement on James Willie Cooper's coffin Tuesday after the graveside service. picks up a flower from the arrangement on James "Willie" Cooper's casket Tues. afternoon following the gravesite service at Oaklawn Cemetary. Cooper was shot and killed last Tues. evening by police officer Michael Marlow during a traffic stop on Commercial Ave. The gravesite service was held following a service at Mayfield Memorial Church on West Sugar Creek Rd. Jeff Siner/Staff
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/34/PY29L.St.138.jpeg|40911/24/96 Dr. Kevin Butler hugs Charles Ford, brother of James Willie Cooper, during a march through Dillehay Courts. About three dozen people marched through Charlotte's Dillehay Courts and Grier Heights neighborhoods Saturday afternoon to spread awareness of Tuesday's shooting of Cooper by police Officer Michael Marlow. The march was organized by the Black Student Organization from Central Piedmont Community College. . Students from CPCC went to the complex to get the community out and bring unity following the shooting of James"Willie" Cooper Tues. night by a white police officer during a traffic stop. Ford said that he feels that Cooper's death is unjustified and that his death was wrong. Justice needs to be done. Jeff Siner/Staff
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/34/16xsJu.St.138.jpeg|44312/15/96 Rev. L.D. Parker leads a group of marchers down Trade Street Saturday afternoon on their way to the Government Center to protest the city and police handling of the shooting death of motorist James Willie Cooper at the hands of police officer Michael Marlow. GARY O'BRIEN/STAFF
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/34/1pVV9r.St.138.jpeg|40212/11/96 Geraldine Jones and the Rev. James Samuel of Charlotte's Little Rock AME Zion Church pray before Tuesday's protest. Concerned citizens of the African-American community gather in front of the Government Center to protest the outcome of the Charlotte police officer shooting of James Willie Cooper. The protest started with a prayer vigil lead by Rev. James Samuel of the Little Rock A.M.E. Zion church, standing at his side is Geraldine Jones a community activist from the Earle Village community. T. ORTEGA GAINES/Staff
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/34/hwakv.St.138.jpeg|48912/11/96 Dianne Cooper, sister of shooting victim James Willie Cooper, holds his photo as she leads a march Tuesday to the office of District Attorney Peter Gilchrist. The prosecutor announced Monday that he wouldn't seek criminal charges against police Officer Michael Marlow, who last month shot and killed Cooper, an unarmed motorist. Concerned citizens of the African-American community gather in front of the Government Center to protest the outcome of the Charlotte police officer shooting of James Willie Cooper. The protest started with a prayer vigil lead by Rev. James Samuel of the Little Rock A.M.E. Zion church. After the vigil attendees march to Gilchrist's office to express their concerns. Walking in the front of the protest march is Dianne Cooper sister of the victim James Willie Cooper. Dianne holds a photo of her brother as she walks to Gilchrist's office. T. ORTEGA GAINES/Staff
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/34/qWLtG.St.138.jpeg|423Protesters confront police officers Tuesday in front of the Government Center in uptown Charlotte. The situation calmed when other demonstrators formed a chain, separating the shouting protesters from the officers. Concerned citizens of the African-American community gathered in front of the Government Center to protest the outcome of the Charlotte police officer shooting of James Willie Cooper. The protest started with a prayer vigil lead by Rev. James Samuel of the Little Rock A.M.E. Zion church. After the vigil attendees march to Gilchrist's office to express their concerns. A group of over 200 people , on their way past to Gilchrist pass the Charlotte police dept. and some angry protesters confronted three police officers standing in the parking lot. Fortunately the crowd stay clam while others formed a human chain to keep angry protesters in the background. T. ORTEGA GAINES/Staff
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/33/P9wGM.St.138.jpeg|4364/10/97 DIEDRA LAIRD/Staff Billy Stafford holds a photo of his sister, Carolyn Sue Boetticher, who was shot by police Tuesday night in Charlotte. DIEDRA LAIRD/staff
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/33/mwpaY.St.138.jpeg|4014/12/97 JEFF SINER/Staff About 40 people turned out for Friday's Community Relations Committee meeting at the Old City Hall. (4/11/97 MEADOWS) Deputy Chief Bob Schurmeier listens along with others as Angela Perkins of the Regal Heights Community asks a question of the Deputy Sheriff during the Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee meeting Fri. at the Old City Hall. Deputy Chief Schurmeier answered questions and updated members on the police proceedings in the investigation of the fatal shooting of Carolyn Sue Boetticher Tuesday evening. Photo By: Jeff Siner/Staff
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/33/qSVAX.St.138.jpeg|4104/12/97 JEFF SINER/Staff Bishop James Houston addresses the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee during Friday's meeting. About 40 concerned residents went to the meeting to hear Deputy Police Chief Bob Schurmeier answer questions about Tuesday night's shooting. Houston along with other concerned citizens and committee members came together to hear Deputy Chief Schurmeier answer questions and update members on the police proceedings in the investigation of the fatal shooting of Carolyn Sue Boetticher Tuesday evening. Photo By: Jeff Siner/Staff
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/33/1etyBW.St.138.jpeg|5254/12/97 1C Deputy Chief Bob Schurmeier updates the Community Relations Committee on investigation into shooting of Carolyn Sue Boetticher. Deputy Chief Bob Schurmeier listens to concerned Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Relations Committee members Fri. as committee chairman Sam Smith tries to keep the meeting in order. Deputy Chief Schurmeier was answering committee members questions and updating members on the police proceedings in the investigation of the fatal shooting of Carolyn Sue Boetticher Tuesday evening. Photo By: Jeff Siner/Staff
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/33/1oUsag.St.138.jpeg|412Police examine a Chevrolet Corsica in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, April 8, 1997, after a woman passenger of the car was shot and killed by police officers. Carolyn Sue Boetticher was a passenger in a stolen car that drove through a police checkpoint in a crime-ridden part of town Tuesday night. Two officers opened fire after the driver, Robert Lundy Sr., sped through the checkpoint and swerved at police. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Kent D. Johnson)
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/33/AkIov.St.138.jpeg|411(11.04.2007)--Detectives investigate the scene where a 16-year-old boy, LaQuan Brown, was shot and killed by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer after Brown fled from authorities at east Charlotte's Casa de Lago apartment complex early Sunday morning, November 4, 2007. - YALONDA M. JAMES - yjames@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/33/6lUJG.St.138.jpeg|403(11.04.2007)--A 16-year-old boy, LaQuan Brown, was shot and killed by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer after Brown fled from authorities at east Charlotte's Casa de Lago apartment complex early Sunday morning, November 4, 2007. - YALONDA M. JAMES - yjames@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2013/02/16/19/32/1t3IR7.St.138.jpeg|525(07/20/06) Neighbor Tim Turner (CQ, sunglasses) and friend Wes Tucker (CQ, right) spoke for friends and family of Wayne Furr (this is Wayne Furr's mug)who was shot and killed by a CMPD officer early thursday morning. A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer shot and killed a cell phone tower worker about 1:20 a.m. Thursday while the man was out making a routine upgrade to the network at the tower on Albemarle Road in east Charlotte. Police said the man Anthony Wayne Furr, 41, of Oakboro was carrying a gun at the time. Friends and colleagues described the slain man as "highly respected" and the kind of guy who will fix your kitchen sink or make sets for the school play. Police are investigating the shooting. (John D. Simmons - jsimmons@charlotteobserver.com)
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