On May 5th 2010, Junior Manon, was killed by the units of 31 DIVISION.
I find it VERY funny that if this situation had happened in a different place and to a different person that there would be MUCH more media coverage. The police are saying nothing and doing nothing in letting the public know what really happened to Junior.
This situation really hits home for me because I went to high school with Junior's sister and knew the family well. To hear that something like this has happened to someone I know, who was on the road to a fulfilling future, brings me to tears.
TORONTO WE CANNOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS!
Please help the Manon family bring the people who killed their beloved family member to justice!
Join the FACEBOOK group here AND here
My condolences go out the Manon family, words cannot explain how much it hurts to see the lives of people you've grown up with taken away, one by one.
Rest In Peace Junior
and all our other fallen soldiers! WE MISS YOU!
Relatives of a Canadian teenager who died while being chased by police are demanding answers as to what really happened.
Eighteen-year-old Junior Alexander Manon collapsed near the York University campus Wednesday night following a brief chase by Toronto police.
According to a statement that was released by the province’s Special Investigations Unit who is investigation the teenager’s death, after Toronto police stopped Manon’s vehicle around 6:30 p.m., the teenager took off on foot and after a quick chase there was “an altercation” between Manon and officers.
Manon then collapsed and was taken to the hospital, where he later died. A witness told reporters that the officers “beat him up, he was on the floor, he wasn’t resisting. Two officers on him, punching him in the face, one kicking him in the ribs…and then five more come and jump on him…he is not that big for seven cops to be on him like that.”
Although early reports indicate that the teenager died of a heart attack, there are many who believe the officers killed him.
Eighteen-year-old Junior Alexander Manon collapsed near the York University campus Wednesday night following a brief chase by Toronto police.
According to a statement that was released by the province’s Special Investigations Unit who is investigation the teenager’s death, after Toronto police stopped Manon’s vehicle around 6:30 p.m., the teenager took off on foot and after a quick chase there was “an altercation” between Manon and officers.
Manon then collapsed and was taken to the hospital, where he later died. A witness told reporters that the officers “beat him up, he was on the floor, he wasn’t resisting. Two officers on him, punching him in the face, one kicking him in the ribs…and then five more come and jump on him…he is not that big for seven cops to be on him like that.”
Although early reports indicate that the teenager died of a heart attack, there are many who believe the officers killed him.
I find it VERY funny that if this situation had happened in a different place and to a different person that there would be MUCH more media coverage. The police are saying nothing and doing nothing in letting the public know what really happened to Junior.
This situation really hits home for me because I went to high school with Junior's sister and knew the family well. To hear that something like this has happened to someone I know, who was on the road to a fulfilling future, brings me to tears.
TORONTO WE CANNOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS!
Please help the Manon family bring the people who killed their beloved family member to justice!
Join the FACEBOOK group here AND here
My condolences go out the Manon family, words cannot explain how much it hurts to see the lives of people you've grown up with taken away, one by one.
Rest In Peace Junior
and all our other fallen soldiers! WE MISS YOU!
BIANCA
5 comments:
If you want to be taken seriously, then you shouldn't use sarcasm in a serious blog.
"I find it VERY funny that if this situation had happened in a different place ..."
It's obviously NOT funny. It's a horrible thing that happened. I'm sure his mother doesn't think it's funny either.
As mentioned in my post, Junior is someone I knew, I would never use sarcasm. I'm just pointing out the obvious. Look at the way people are treated. I find it VERY funny that if this situation had happened in a different place and to a different person, that there would be MUCH more media coverage. I hope you understand what I am trying to say.
seriously, sometimes at the most disgusting things all there is is laughter. look up juniors name: no major media reports, nothing; this site and the media co-op site which covers the story.
another young black man was killed by the pigs and no one seems to care: it's so fucking unconscionable that i'm either going to go beserk crying and screaming or, damn, break a little smile in the face of insanity.
peace..
I care... indeed, very much so.
The lack of big-media coverage is a travesty. It seems as though it, big-media, doesn't want to "touch" this one.
It may also seem as though there is a lack of wide-spread outrage with regard to this event—however, said outrage does exist. Everyone that I have explained this story to thus far ("In June, Alexander Manon Jr. died... here's how...) becomes incensed; they do feel strongly about this issue and have apparently experienced such feelings before (the censorship/biased slant of the media is no big secret).
It is difficult to voice such outrage in a way that would encourage others to take heed, or to invoke empathy. I wonder: what can we do about this? How can we express ourselves, and by what means can we be heard?
In the words of Jello Biafra: "Don't hate the media... become the media!" I think, that those of us who are up to the challenge ought to write big-media, and let it know how we feel about this. Believe it or not, politicians do keep a close-eye on the media. Our tone should be respectful, and our expression coherent—because, if published, we wouldn't at that point be speaking just to it—but also, to its readers. This is how we can make a difference, and spread awareness.
Tristan Khan
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