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Protesters Demand Justice for Man Who Died in Police Custody


OKLAHOMA CITY, OK-- Dozens of protesters line up outside Oklahoma City Police Headquarters demanding justice for Robin Howard. Howard died in police custody in June.


"From the very beginning, this was like it was a giant cover-up," said Donnie Williams, a protester who has known Howard for most of his life.


Howard's family says two months after his death, they still do not know what happened in Howard's encounter with Oklahoma City Police the night he was arrested. Williams still recalls the day he saw Howard's body at the funeral home.


"It was like he was on a charcoal grill," Williams described, "they whooped that boy so bad."


The Medical Examiner's Office has ruled Howard's death as homicide. Reports show Howard died on acute pneumonia after suffering blunt force traume to the chest.


David Slane, an attorney who represents Howard's family says despite a ruling on the cause of death, the autopsy he obtained for the Howards is incomplete.


"We've just been stonewalled," said Slane.


After months of frustration, Slane has asked the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to step in and help the Howard family. Howard's sister, Kimberly Turner says despite challenges dealing with agencies involved in her brother's death investigation, her family will keep fighting for answers from Oklahoma City Police and the Medical Examiner's Officer.


"We don't need the rest of this report to know what happened that day when they pulled him over," she said.


Slane says aside from an incomplete report from the ME, Oklahoma City Police denied his public information request for reports made in Howard's death investigation.


"In almost 20 years, I've never seen so many different steps where they've dropped the ball, time and time again," Slane explained.


Protesters held signs that asked some of the questions that still linger, why did police cancel EMSA and took Howard to the hospital by patrol car? Why was Howard's family not notified of his death until four days after his passing?


Williams says the mishandling of Howard's case is an example of discrimination.


"This is a black man that was killed," said Williams, "and they thought this family was going to lay down and get swept under the rug like all the other minorities they killed in Oklahoma."


Protesters say they will keep marching, until justice is served.


"It is time for a change in Oklahoma County," said Williams, "race should not be a problem like it is right now in Oklahoma County."


Oklahoma City Police say if the Howard family needs answers they can call investigators any time. Fox-25's calls to the Medical Examiner's office and City of Oklahoma City were not immediately returned.

Protesters Demand Justice for Man Who Died in Police Custody

Posted: Sunday, August 19 2012, 09:22 PM CDT

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