Victim of Baltimore cops remembered
By Sharon Black
Ceci
Baltimore
Deborah Carr, mother of slain police victim Larry Hubbard,
proclaimed: "I am angry, very angry because justice has not
been done in my son's case. His killers, the police, are
still at large."
Tears ran down her face and that of other family members
as they gathered Oct. 20 at the spot where Hubbard was shot.
It would have been Hubbard's 23rd birthday. Over a year ago
Baltimore City Police Officer Barry Hamilton shot Hubbard to
death in an incident over an alleged stolen car.
Witnesses stated that Hamilton yelled at Hubbard, "Don't
move m----- f----- or I'll blow your head off," as he pointed
his gun at point blank range. Witnesses heard Hubbard plead
for his life: "Please don't shoot, please don't shoot."
Members of the citywide All-Peoples Congress vowed to
continue the fight to bring justice to the family and convict
killer police. The All-Peoples Congress, along with Unity for
Action and other community activists, have held continuous
protests against police terror. Hundreds of people have
joined in demanding justice.
Hubbard's grandmother, daughter and many other family
members placed candles, balloons and teddy bears at the site
where he was gunned down.
His aunt Taegan Hubbard read a poem entitled "Nephew."
Oh Nephew, oh Nephew
Why did he have to die.
They say he stole a car,
They say he ran so far,
They say he pleaded for his life.
"Oh please, oh please, oh please
just don't let me die.
"I am just a young Black man not
trying to cry."
Not a penny dropped, not a sound
Just people staring at the ground.
One shot "bang" to the head
was enough to say
My nephew is dead.
The crowd looked, the crowd shouted.
Oh nephew why did you have to die.
This my brother's one and only son.
So I ask over and over again,
"Nephew why did you have to die."
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