68 Black Marine shot by police in his own home

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    http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/n...d-retired-mari

    In November, Kenneth Chamberlain's heart device went off. Police officers responded to the medical emergency by shooting him to death.

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    Chamberlain was a 68-year-old, black retired Marine living in a public housing project. On November 19, a medical alert device for his heart accidentally went off, triggering a response from public safety, the New York Daily News reported. When police officers came and knocked on his door, Chamberlain didn't open it, saying he was fine and didn't need help. Police officers then snapped the lock and entered Chamberlain's home. They Tasered him and then shot him. He died in the hospital two hours later.

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    The family lawyer said that the audio, recorded by Chamberlain's medical device, then reveals that officers used a racial slur.

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