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The National Action Network held its annual convention last week in Washington, DC.  On Saturday, the Reverend Al Sharpton, founder of the civil rights group, moderated a discussion that focused on racial profiling, gun violence and advancing the civil rights movement in the aftermath of the killing of Trayvon Martin.  Speakers included the former fiancée of Sean Bell and the mother of Amadou Diallo -  two men who were both killed in separate incidents by New York City police officers, resulting in allegations of police brutality and racial profiling.  Also at the event  were representatives from the Congressional Black Caucus, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and the National Congress of Black Women. The hour and 15-minute event was held at Howard University.

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Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez has obtained a photograph of White Plains Police Officer Anthony Carelli, the officer alleged to have fired the two shots that killed Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr., the 68-year-old former Marine whose medical alert button accidentally summoned police to his apartment last November. The police union has blasted the release of the officer’s name, saying he deserves the right to a fair and impartial inquiry. Chamberlain’s son said he agrees, but notes that the White Plains police failed to grant his father the same opportunity. [includes rush transcript]

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And this update to a story from Thursday’s broadcast on the case of Kenneth Chamberlain, a 68-year-old African-American Marine veteran fatally shot by White Plains, New York police in his home last year. On Thursday, Chamberlain’s son, Kenneth Chamberlain, Jr., met with Westchester County prosecutors who assured him that a grand jury will hear evidence in the case. Kenneth Chamberlain Junior has called for the prosecution of the officers who killed his father. After the meeting, he criticized police for refusing to release the name of the officer who fired the fatal shots. The police had responded to a false alarm from Chamberlain’s medical alert pendant. The officers broke down Chamberlain’s door, tasered him, and then shot him dead. Speaking to Democracy Now, Kenneth Chamberlain, Jr. described an audio recording from the medical alert system operator that captured the moment the police barged into his father’s home.

Kenneth Chamberlain, Jr.: "You hear him asking them why they’re doing this to him. He says, 'I am a 68-year-old man with a heart condition, why are you doing this to me? I know what you’re going to do, you're going to come in here and kill me.’ You also hear him pleading with the officers again, over and over. At one point, that is when the expletives are used by one of the police officers."

Amy Goodman: "What did they say?"

Kenneth Chamberlain, Jr.: "Where they say, I don’t give a 'F.' And then they use the N-word. And then, as I said, ultimately, they bust down the door."