Protesters demand answers about Police Shooting Death of Curtis Good
Tron Nick
"The way they said it happened, there's no excuse for it. They could have shot him in the leg. The police brutality has to stop."
Peace and justice were the themes of a march in the city last night by family and friends of Curtis Good, the city resident shot and killed by police Friday morning. More than 200 people gathered at the front door of 290A King St., where 41-year-old Good lived with his girlfriend, Nicole Larmonie, who is eight months pregnant. People of all ages and races hugged, cried and expressed their frustration about the lack of information police have given so far. Police were called to Good's residence at 1:30 a.m. Friday on a report that Good was tearing up the apartment. Officers Carmen Fazzolari and David Sanchez responded. While Sanchez spoke with Larmonie's 18-year-old son, who had called police, Fazzolari went inside to speak with Good. Two minutes later, the officer fired eight shots, six of which hit Good. He died less than an hour later at Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy.
"I don't know what state of mind my brother was in, but I know he had a lot of respect for police," said another of Good's brothers, Leon Bradford of Detroit. "You can't make me believe he tried to do something physical to that officer. He was tearing up his own stuff. They could have treated it as a hostage situation and talked him out or waited him out." [more ]
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