Dayshen McKenzie died while running for his life.
The black Staten Island teen, fleeing what witnesses described as a
mostly white crew shouting racial epithets and waving a gun, collapsed
and died last week from an asthma attack.
“To me, it’s murder,” said Diane Fatigati, an ex-NYPD officer and 9/11
responder, who rushed to the aid of the dying McKenzie. “They were
chasing him — that’s a crime. You’re hunting them because they’re black
... You’re calling them a n----r.”
Fatigati tried desperately to resuscitate the 16-year-old aspiring rapper.
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Source: New York Daily News
Note: The following
statement was issued today by National Action Network president Rev. Al
Sharpton.
“As someone who led the demonstration
30-years ago in Howard Beach, I read with horror what happened to Staten Island
teen Dayshen McKenzie and there are striking similarities to what happened in
1986 to Michael Griffith. National Action Network (NAN) has a Staten Island
office and will offer whatever support we can to the family of this young man. On
Saturday, during NAN’s live action rally and radio broadcast, we will call on
the federal government to investigate this incident as a possible hate crime
because after the Staten Island District Attorney’s office (under the former
prosecutor) showed questionable investigative skills in the Eric Garner case,
we cannot in confidence rely on the DA’s office to pursue this matter to the
degree the community feels will bring justice to the family of Dayshen
McKenzie.”
Source: Mercury
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