Bettie Jones

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Bettie Jones (born 1955 - December 27, 2015 in Chicago ) was an American woman. She was accidentally shot and killed by officers from the Chicago Police Department. The case was one in a series of fatal police shots targeting African Americans , sparking a discussion of racist orientation by the police in Chicago.

death

Bettie Jones lived in Chicago. She was the mother of five children. The two youngest were 19 years old at the time of the crime and were twins.

On the night of Saturday, December 27, 2015, the Chicago police were alerted via the 911 call. The father of a 19-year-old boy reported that his son was rioting in the house, fiddling with a baseball bat. According to his parents, the boy was receiving treatment for mental health problems.

The boy's father warned his apartment tenant, Bettie Jones, not to open the door until the police arrived. When the police arrived, Bettie Jones opened the door for the officers and was apparently shot immediately. The eldest daughter said her mother was shot through the door. The 19-year-old was also shot seven times.

Consequences

Police admitted Bettie Jones was accidentally shot dead. Chicago Police said: “The security forces were confronted with a combatant. A police officer then fatally wounded two people ”. The two police officers involved were suspended from duty for 30 days.

The Mayor of Chicago wanted to set up an independent commission to investigate the incident. The two victims were African American. With multiple cases of police violence against African Americans by the CPD, the US Department of Justice launched an investigation into police racism .

One of the officers described the process differently at his first interrogation than at his second. In some cases, the officers involved contradicted each other on details of the operation.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monica Davey, Mitch Smith: Chicago Police Dept. Plagued by Systemic Racism, Task Force Finds . In: The New York Times . April 13, 2016, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed July 8, 2016]).
  2. ↑ tagesschau.de: Fatal shots in Chicago: Police speak of an "accident". In: tagesschau.de. Retrieved July 8, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Families of Mother, NIU Student Killed by Police Speak Out. Retrieved July 8, 2016 .
  4. ^ Shifting stories for Chicago cop in LeGrier, Jones shooting. Retrieved July 8, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Jones, Bettie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Woman killed by police
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 2015
Place of death Chicago