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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and a coalition of groups today issued a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar calling for a fair and equitable federal vaccination program. The current federal distribution program still remains focused on a misguided distribution plan which ignores Black, Brown, Asian and poor communities. Under the leadership of Governor Cuomo, New York has fought to modify the plan to engage community and faith-based leaders to instill confidence in the vaccine, and assist with its distribution to these historically underserved communities.

"As we approach the start of the COVID-19 vaccination program, I continue to urge the federal government to amend their plans to include equitable distribution in the communities hardest hit by the pandemic," Governor Cuomo said. "Black, Hispanic, Asian and low-income communities paid the highest price during COVID-19. Historically underserved by healthcare institutions, it is up to the federal government to rectify their program to focus on providing these communities with the highest quality care and access to the vaccine. With the first round of vaccines being distributed as soon as next week, there is no time to waste. I urge the administration to act and provide solutions quickly."

The full text of the letter is below:

December 10, 2020

Dear Secretary Azar:

We stand together in expressing serious concern with the Trump administration's vaccine distribution plan. While we are encouraged by recent reports regarding the vaccines' efficacy, there is urgent work to be done to ensure vaccination efforts are both expeditious and fair.

Governors need federal funding in order to execute comprehensive distribution plans to guarantee that all communities have access to the vaccine. The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials estimates that a comprehensive vaccine distribution program would cost approximately $8 billion. To date, the Trump Administration has administered a mere $200 million to the states.

Without adequate funding, distribution will not be equitable. COVID-19 has laid bare chronic health disparities in our country that led communities of color to suffer disproportionately from this virus. Communities of color disproportionately suffer from pre-existing conditions, such as asthma, obesity and hypertension, that compound the harm the virus can cause -- Black Americans died at twice the rate of white Americans due to COVID, and Latinos died at one and a half times the rate of whites. The underlying reality is that communities of color lack access to healthcare institutions and services. But in its current form, the Trump Administration's vaccine plan relies on private health facilities that have historically excluded Black and brown communities. By relying on a flawed, biased system, the administration's approach will only serve to further widen existing disparities in health outcomes.

The essential workers who carried this nation through the worst of this pandemic are predominately people of color. They especially deserve a national vaccine plan designed to ensure they are protected.

Marc Morial, undersigned and the President and CEO of the National Urban League, has said the Trump Administration's plan is, "thoughtless, careless and needs to be taken back to the drawing board." Derrick Johnson, undersigned and President and CEO of the NAACP, has said that, "any introduction of a vaccine plan devoid of the infrastructure we know is effective within the Black community reinforces the same incompetence that has affected far too many communities that have been neglected in the midst of this global pandemic." The Reverend Al Sharpton, undersigned and the President and Founder of National Action Network said, "I've seen this movie before. Many Black Americans live in healthcare deserts, where there are no hospitals or healthcare centers in our area. This has hurt us badly during the COVID crisis. This unfair treatment is about to happen again. I don't see how we will see equal distribution of the vaccine based on the federal plan. That must be fixed immediately."

The Black and brown communities that were first on the list of who died from COVID cannot be last on the list of who receives the vaccine. Our federal government needs to stand up and deliver a world-class vaccination program that quickly and comprehensively reaches underserved communities of color. The private market alone is incapable. We need to enlist faith-based organizations, neighborhood groups and local non-profits with deep roots in Black, brown and poor communities to get this done. And we need the funding to do so.

This pandemic cannot end, and our country will not truly be safe, until everyone has access to a vaccine. The Trump Administration must implement a national vaccine plan that does not leave any community behind, and it must do so now. Time is short. We stand prepared to work with your team and the federal government to execute a vaccination program worthy of these United States.

Sincerely,

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo

Derrick JohnsonPresident & CEONAACP

Marc MorialPresident & CEONational Urban League

Reverend Al SharptonPresident & FounderNational Action Network

Wilbur AldridgeMid Hudson/Westchester Regional DirectorNAACP New York State Conference

Kevin W. AlexanderPresident & CEORockaway Development & Revitalization Corporation

Gregory AndersonPresident & CEOBridge Street Development Corporation

Phillip AndrewsPresidentLong Island African American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.

Bishop Dr. Roger BallFounding PastorFamily Worship Center

Mark BarbeeInternational RepresentativeUAW Region 9

Daniel BarberCCOP PresidentNYCHA Citywide Council of Presidents

Thomas Beauford, Jr.President & CEOBuffalo Urban League

Reverend Dr. A. R. BernardSenior PastorChristian Cultural Center

Twiggy BilluePresidentNational Action Network Syracuse Chapter

Reverend Mark E. BluePresidentBuffalo Branch NAACP

Kyle BraggPresident32BJ SEIU

Bishop Victor A. BrownSenior PastorMount Sinai United Christian Church, Inc.

Linda Brown-RobinsonPresidentSyracuse Onondaga NAACP

Reverend Dr. Calvin O. ButtsSenior PastorAbyssinian Baptist Church

Joy D. CallowayInterim CEOPlanned Parenthood of Greater New York

Reverend Dr. Demetrius S. Carolina, Sr.Pastor & Executive DirectorFirst Central Baptist Church, The Central Family Life Center

Robin Chappelle GolstonPresident & CEOPlanned Parenthood Empire State Acts

Dr. Isma H. ChaudhryChair, Board of TrusteesIslamic Center of Long Island

Dr. Linda ClarkPresident & Co-FounderBlack Physicians Network of Greater Rochester

Bishop Dr. Ismael ClaudioSenior PastorPentecostal Church of Jesus Christ, Inc.

Claudia CogerTenant Association PresidentAstoria Houses

Annie Cotton-MorrisQueens District ChairNYCHA

Reverend Charles A. CoverdaleSenior PastorFirst Baptist Church of Riverhead

Shirley E. CoverdalePresident & CEOFamily Community Life Center, Inc.

Reverend Dr. Phil CraigPastorThe Greater Springfield Community Church

Robert DarbyPresidentBakery Confectionary Tobacco Workers & Grain Millers Local 36G

Reverend Troy DeCohenPresidentUnited Black Clergy of Westchester

Walter DixieExecutive DirectorJubilee Homes of Syracuse, Inc.

George R. DixonPresidentNAACP Corona East Elmhurst Chapter

Jacob DixonCEOChoice for All

Hazel DukesPresidentNAACP New York State Conference

Tracey EdwardsLong Island Regional DirectorNAACP New York State Conference

Archbishop Eric Figueroa, Sr.Sentior Pastor, New Life TabernacleMetropolitan Archbishop of New Life Covenant Archdiocese

Bishop Orlando FindlayterSenior PastorNew Hope Christian Fellowship

Reverend Dr. Elaine FlakeCo-PastorGreater Allen AME Cathedral

Reverend Dr. Floyd FlakeSenior PastorGreater Allen AME Cathedral

Richard FlateauChairpersonBrooklyn Community Planning Board #3

Gregory FloydPresident, Teamsters Local 237Vice President-At Large, International Brotherhood of Teamsters General Board

Pastor James GilesPresident & CEOBack To Basics Outreach Ministries, Inc.

Reverend Dr. Johnnie GreenSenior PastorMount Neboh Baptist Church

George GreshamPresident1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East

Elaine GrossFounder & PresidentERASE Racism

Dr. Janice HarbinPresident & CEOAnthony Jordan Medical Center

Bishop Lionel HarveySenior Pastor/Teacher, First Baptist Cathedral of WestburyPresiding Bishop, Sword of the Spirit Christian Fellowship, Inc.

Mark HenryPresidentAmalgamated Transit Local #1056

Nicky Hylton-PattersonExecutive DirectorAdirondack Diversity Initiative

Reverend Daren C. JaimePastorPeople's African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church

Reverend Larry Jennings, Sr.PresidentNAACP Huntington Branch

Dr. Berenecea Johnson-EanesPresidentYork College

Bishop George Max JonesSenior PastorApostolic Church of Jesus Christ, Syracuse

Dominique JonesExecutive DirectorBoys & Girls Club of Harlem

Vira Lynn JonesExecutive DirectorBedford Stuyvesant Museum of African Art

Jennifer Jones AustinCEO & Executive DirectorFederation of Protestant Welfare Agencies

Hope KnightPresident & CEOGreater Jamaica Development Corporation

Imam Dr. Tahir KukiqiVice PresidentAlbanian Islamic Cultural Center

Reverend Dr. Adolphus LaceySenior PastorBethany Baptist Church

Maggie LarkinsCommunity LeaderFar Rockaway

H. Carl McCallChairman EmeritusState University of New York

Wendy McClintonPresident & CEOBlack Veterans for Social Justice, Inc.

Bishop Isaac MeltonChristian Light Missionary Baptist Church of Long Beach

Terrence L. MelvinSecretary-TreasurerNew York State AFL-CIO

Reverend Greg MerriweatherPastorCalvary Baptist Church

William King Moss IIIPresidentNAACP Islip Town Branch

Reverend Dr. Les MullingsSenior PastorCommunity Church of the Nazarene, Far Rockaway

Jacqueline NelsonPresidentNAACP Rome NY

Wade NorwoodCEOCommon Ground Health

Dr. Philip OzuahPresident & CEOMontefiore Medical Center

Angelica Perez-DelgadoPresident & CEOIbero American Action League

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The civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton has blamed Republican propaganda for the lower than expected Latino Democratic election in Floridas Miami Dade district. This was a major reason why former Vice President Joe Biden lost the decisive state to President Donald Trump.

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We dont have the same momentum that we have in Florida where you have like in Miami-Dade. I think it was George who pointed out a great Cuban influence in relation to Cuban voters, who look more to the propaganda that we are dealing with socialism and everything. That made up for a large black voter turnout.

Why it matters

The Democrats are looking for answers to Bidens underperformance among Latino voters, particularly among men, who turned out to be Trump in larger numbers than expected. Observers and voices within the Democratic Party-including New York Congressman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-have warned that Bidens lack of appeal among Latinos is a serious problem.

Especially in southern Florida, the lower voter turnout of democratic Latinos meant that the president was carrying the state by a considerable margin. In the early evening, the alarm bells rang for the Democrats in Miami Dade, traditionally a big vote winner for the party, where Bidens lead over Trump was much smaller than the one Hillary Clinton had in 2016.

The area is home to a large number of Latin American voters, including Cuban, Venezuelan, Colombian, Puerto Rican and Mexican communities, whether born foreigners or descended from previous immigrants.

The Cuban and Venezuelan exile communities are influential in state policy. Both fled from leftist governments in their home countries, making them fertile ground for the GOPs warnings about the Democrats alleged socialist tendencies.

Sharpton made his remarks while discussing the pending vote in Georgia and North Carolina. In both states, Trumpf is slightly in the lead, which could prove decisive in the race for 270 votes in the electoral college.

Sharpton suggested that the outstanding votes would strengthen the Democrats once they were elected, since the areas that have not yet received all the votes include large black communities that he believes are less susceptible to the GOPs propaganda on socialism.

Counterpoint

It is not yet clear why Biden underperformed among Latin American voters and how much concern about socialism has driven Trumps unexpected performance in this demographic.

But Biden fought for the Latino vote during the Democratic presidential primaries an early warning signal that the Democrats could face demographics in the national race if Biden was the candidate.

The Trump campaign actively campaigned for these groups, which observers warned would be largely ignored by the Democrats. The tactic has paid off, yet could still be an important turn in the history of the 2020 election.

Bidens lack of popularity with Latin American voters was an existing problem, even outside the largely inaccurate socialism slurs of the GOP on his platform.

Cuban Americans in particular were already leaning toward the Trump-Equis, said before the election that this group would drop about 20 points for the president. However, according to Mark Lopez, director of Hispanic Research at the Pew Research Center, this is partly explained by Trumps anti-socialist rhetoric.

Trump is clearly doing even better among Cuban Americans than some former Republicans, Lopez told The Atlantic. Bidens weakness in Florida has something to do with the presidents antisocialist rhetoric.

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CIVIL rights activist Al Sharpton has admitted Donald Trump appealed to black and minority voters after criticizing the US president's response to the Black Lives Matter protests.

After accusing Trump of trying to make Black Lives Matter protesters "look like hoodlums and thugs" earlier this year, Sharpton admitted Trump had appealed to black and Hispanic voters in the presidential election.

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Despite his attacks on the BLM movement, Trump picked up 20 per cent of black male voters this year, according to an NBC News poll, up two per cent from 2016.

Speaking on MSNBC'sMorning Joeshow, Sharpton said Trump "has done better than, in my judgment, he should have with black men and Hispanics".

He said there needs to be a "real conversation" in the civil rights communities "on what it is to be different in terms of being entrepreneurial aspirants".

"I think he appealed to some that wanted to feel that they had to be a certain kind of way to be aspirational and that you can be that and still be centrists," said Sharpton.

"I think that a lot of them bought into the false view they were putting out on Joe Biden with the crime bill rather than dealing with the fact that Joe Biden was going along with the majority of people, even in the black leadership with the black crime bill."

Last month, Bidenadmitted it was a "mistake" to support a controversial crime bill which critics said laid the foundations for mass incarceration.

But Biden still defended parts of the 1994 legislation.

The NBC poll revealed 80 per cent percent of black men supported Biden, down from Hilary Clintons 82 per cent in 2016, but significantly down from Barack Obamas support among black men in 2012 and 2008.

Who is Al Sharpton?

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Al Sharpton is an American civil right activist, Baptist minister, talk show host and politician.

He's the founder of the National Action Network, a not-for-profit, civil rights organisation.

In 2004, Sharpton was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the US presidential election.

In 2011, he was named the host of MSNBC's PoliticsNation.

His phrase 'get your knee off our necks' became a national rallying cry for black Americans after he said it at the Minneapolis memorial for George Floyd.

He also gave the eulogy for Mr Floyd at a private funeral after the 46-year-old died when he was being arrested outside a shop in Minneapolis.

Footage of the arrest on May 25 shows a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, kneeling on Mr Floyd's neck while he was pinned to the floor.

Chauvin, 44, has since been charged with murder.

Earlier this year, Trump claimed Black Lives Matter was "destroying many lives because it "spread violence across the US".

TheBlack Lives Matter movementis the civil rights group that came about in response to extreme police brutality.

Trump blasted the movement during a speech at an event called Black Economic Empowerment where he set out his platinum plan for Black voters.

Taking up the issue of the recent high-profile deaths of several Black American at the hands of the police, Trump said: "Many of those who are spreading violence in our cities are supporters of an organization called Black Lives Matter or BLM.

"Its really hurting the Black community. This is an unusual name for an organization whose ideology and tactics are right now destroying many Black lives."

Speaking at Floyd's funeral, Sharpton used the stage to criticize Trump, telling mourners the president used the St Johns Church outside the White House as a "prop" for his photo-op during the BLM protests.

Wickedness in high places, Sharpton said of Trump.

Later, Sharpton also slammed the president for "projecting those that are violent" and said "he tries to act like Black Lives Matter and Antifa is the same thing".

Despite Trump's comments, he and his Republican allies made significant inroads with Latino voters in Tuesday's election, alarming some Democrats who warned that immigration politics alone was not enough to hold their edge with the nation's largest minority group.

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In Texas, Trump won tens of thousands of new supporters in predominantly Mexican American communities along the border.

Biden still won a sizable majority (63 per cent) of Latino voters nationwide, compared to Trump's 35 per cent, according to AP VoteCast.

But Trump was able to shave that margin in some competitive states, like Florida and Nevada.

However, Sharpton accused the Trump campaign of "distorting" Kamala Harris record and depicting the Democrats as socialists.

He called it "false propaganda" which many Americans bought into.

"I really believe there is going to be a lot of work in those areas, Sharpton told Morning Joe.

"If we ignore it, or act like it doesnt matter, I think is not wise and I think if Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, if theyre successful, are going to have to really work."

Key Democrats also said the Republican Party's attacks against them as wild-eyed socialists had been damaging, and some of the party's most liberal proposals caused problems.

They cited the "defund the police" movement which calls for shifting law enforcement resources to social workers and other ways of resolving conflicts.

It gained prominence over summer after the death of George Floyd sparked a nationwide reckoning on racial injustice.

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"I think that the Democratic party needs to clearly push that we are not supportive of ideas like socialism or defunding the police or anti-Semitism," Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a co-chair of the centrist Blue Dog Coalition, said.

Several Democrats said the socialist label particularly harmed lawmakers who lost seats in Florida with its vast Cuban and Venezuelan communities who largely reject socialist ideologies.

"This playing footsies with socialism is not going to win over most of America," Murphy said.

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Rev. Al Sharpton urges Black Chicago to take back America

Black faith leaders rally behind Kim Foxx in States Attorneys race

By Erick Johnson

With a week left for the Presidential and local General Elections, civil rights leader Al Sharpton visited Chicagos South Shore neighborhood on Tuesday, October 27, where he and Black leaders led a passionate press conference as they urged residents to take their frustrations to the polls and vote for their future.

The press conference resembled a spirited pep rally where Black leaders cheered on Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxx, as she defended her record as a reformer and attacked Republican opponent Pat OBrien, accusing him of being a prosecutor who helped make Cook County the False Confession Capital of America.

Foxx was among several Black leaders who spoke passionately at a press conference that stressed the importance of voting as racial hostilities permeate political races on local, state, and federal levels. Black neighborhoods and cities struggle to survive under President Donald Trump. In 2016, many Blacks in Michigan, Wisconsin and Florida did not vote as Trump became the nations 45th president.

Today, Blacks young and old are flooding polls across the country. In Chicagos Black wards, many wait in long lines for hours to cast their ballots during Early Voting. Trumps opponent, Democratic candidate Joe Biden, is making final campaign stops in big states, including Florida and Pennsylvania. On Tuesday, he campaigned in Georgia, where no Democratic president has won since 1992, when Bill Clinton defeated Republican George H.W. Bush.

As of October 27, nearly 65 million Americans have already cast their ballots during Early Voting. However, many more in Chicago and across the country have yet to cast their ballots in a race that may smash voter turnout records, including that of 2008, when more Blacks than whites went to the polls to elect Barack Obama as Americas first Black president.

Twelve years later, Black America is worse off than four years ago. The Black unemployment is higher than that of whites and Hispanics. Racial tensions and police shootings continue to rise. The percentage of Blacks dying from COVID-19 remains higher than any other ethnic group. And more than ever, there are concerns that Blacks are moving backward. And with the future of Obamacare and the Supreme Court in doubt, Sharpton and Chicagos Black leaders say they believe this election will be the most consequential in the nations history.

During his 20-minute speech at the South Shore Cultural Center, Sharpton said this past summer that was filled with police shootings and violent protests has made the voting even more important.

Today and all the way to next Tuesday, millions of us are going to the polls complaining, he said. We had to march to vote. We had to fight to vote. People laid down and went to jail to vote. None of us have the right not to use a vote that exists in the blood of fathers. When we dont vote, we get whatever thats left over.

We need to have unprecedented numbers. Chicago is where we saw our political and economic capital get started. Its where we saw Black businesses emerge as powerhouses. Its where our people rise like [Congressman] William Dawson and [Mayor Harold Washington].

While in Chicago, Sharpton promoted his book, fittingly titled, Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads. At the South Shore Cultural Center, David Cherry, President of the Leaders Network; Pastor Ira Acree; Reverend Cy Fields; Reverend Marshall Hatch; Congressman Danny Davis and Reverend Jesse Jackson, Jr. were also present.

Sharpton was scheduled to attend a vigil in Waukegan, Illinois, later that day to remember Marcellis Stinnette, a Black 19-year-old who was shot and killed by a police officer, who was later fired from the force. Stinnettes girlfriend, Tafara Williams, was also shot, but she is recovering in a hospital. The FBI has joined Illinois State Police in investigating the shooting.

They should not only fire him, they need to prosecute him, Sharpton said., Were not anti-police, but police are not above the law.

At the press conference, Jacob Blake Sr., the father of Jacob Blake Jr., stood near Sharpton as he spoke. In August, Jacob Blake Jr. was shot seven times by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The shooting sparked weeks of social unrest. Unlike many Black victims killed by police, Jacob Blake, Jr. is still alive and recovering. No charges have been brought against the officer who shot him.

Police issues take center stage in the race for Cook County States Attorney. Foxx faces OBrien, who this summer turned up his attack on the countys first Black female states attorney after incidents of looting and social unrest grew after the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer.

Foxx has vacated many convictions of victims of corrupt Chicago police officers who were found to have forced many Black and Latino males to confess to crimes they did not commit. In 2017, her office stopped prosecuting people who were driving with suspended licenses. This year, Foxx vacated more than 1,000 marijuana convictions just before marijuana became legal earlier this year on January 1.

During her first term in office, Foxx raised the felony threshold for theft from $300 to $1,000. As looting and thefts in the Loop and Mag Mile increased, so did OBriens accusations that Foxx is too soft on criminals as the countys top prosecutor. There is also the Jussie Smollett case, where her office dropped all charges after the Empire actor was charged with staging a homophobic hate crime in Streeterville in 2019.

At the press conference, Foxx reaffirmed her commitment to bringing fairness to Cook Countys notorious criminal justice system. She recalled how growing up in the Cabrini Green public housing projects shaped her. She reminded the crowd about OBriens days as a prosecutor in the 1980s, where he had four innocent Black teenagers convicted of raping a white woman based on wrongful confessions. They were later cleared by DNA evidence.

When I ran for this office in 2016, I ran unapologetically as someone who has compassion and as a prosecutor who worked in this very office, Foxx said. I remind those that when I came here in 2016 in the wake of the Laquan McDonald case, it was before we had a consent decree put on our police department. It was one promise that I as your prosecutor could, in fact, ensure you had a justice system that was fair and bereft of the things weve seen before. We cannot ignore history that predates this moment. We cannot go backwards.

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The Ontario County Sheriffs Office provided an update on the officer-involved shooting that happened at the Woodridge Motel on Tuesday.

According to a press release Supreme Hines, 27, of Canandaigua was on parole for a third-degree burglary conviction. Officer Jeffrey Smith, 57, of Rochester went to the motel to take Hines into custody on a violation warrant.

He had been arrested on October 29th for separate counts of petit larceny after stealing liquor from stores in the town and city of Geneva.

Sheriff Henderson offered a correction to earlier reports that there was a second person in the vehicle. He said in the press release that it wasnt the case.

Hines remains in stable condition at Strong Memorial Hospital. The press release indicates that he will be transported to the Ontario County Jail to be held on the parole warrant.

The shooting remains under investigation, but the circumstances that led to it have been contested by Hines family.

Sheriff Henderson said on Tuesday that it happened around 8:15 a.m. when Hines attempted to flee parole officers. The officer who became trapped on the hood of the vehicle according to the Sheriffs account was the one that fired his service weapon.

Hines was struck three times.

Sheriff Henderson also said that there were other witnesses being interviewed at the time.

UPDATE: Parolee shot three times after attempting to flee arrest at Canandaigua motel

Trust me its the last thing any of us want to do is have to use deadly force, but in this case the parole officer needed to make sure he was safe. He was clinging to the roof of a motor vehicle that is accelerating at a high rate of speed so obviously he chose to use this level of force and again through out this investigation working with the district attorneys office, well deem if this was an appropriate level of force, Henderson added.

Damita Bonnemere, the mother of Hines, spoke with the Finger Lakes Times hours after the entire incident unfolded.

My son is not a violent offender, Damita Bonnemere said. Maybe they were right in trying to arrest him, but wrong to use deadly force. This is happening too often.

Hines was airlifted by Mercy Flight from the scene of the shooting. Bullet holes could be seen in the vehicle at the scene.

My son was a low-level, non-violent offender. He has never been convicted of violence of any kind, she added in her conversation with the FLT.He was literally backing away from the parole officer when he unholstered his gun and fired. The parole officer jumped onto the car.

The incident wasnt captured on body cameras, so there is no video evidence of the shooting.

We are not trying to play games here. That is just how we are doing this right now, Henderson added speaking with the FLT. Trust me, we are doing a thorough investigation here. We are putting everything together and will consult with the DAs office on future charges for this individual (Hines) and the discharge of a duty firearm.

Bonnemere told the FLT that she plans to contact Rev. Al Sharpton and organize at least one protest. She was concerned that the parole officer came without a social worker despite the fact that Hines suffered from mental health and substance use problems.

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