Demonstrators Protest Police Shooting of African man in White Oak, MD

Pictured above: George Easspa bows his head in prayer as members of the region's African community protest the Aug. 12 shooting death of his cousin, Peter Ayompeuh Njang, by a county police officer. They protested Monday outside a police substation in Silver Spring. About 65 people marched to a Silver Spring police substation Monday afternoon to protest the fatal police shooting of recently arrived immigrant Peter Ayompeuh Njang, 25, outside his sister's apartment. His friends and pastor described him as a gentle, quiet man who would not attack a police officer. But that is what police said Njang was doing when Officer Candice Marchone, a six-year veteran, shot him once in the chest from an arm's length away. The State's Attorney's Office is investigating the shooting and will present the case to a grand jury for review, a standard procedure for all officer-involved shootings, said State's Attorney Douglas F. Gansler (D). [more ]