About 125 people attended an emotional news conference Thursday morning at which attorney Willie Gary announced that he would go after "in a vicious way" those responsible for the police shooting death of a 16-year-old. "We will not sit idly by and let this happen time and time again in our community," Gary said. He also announced he would be filing lawsuits early next week against those responsible for Saturday night's shooting death of Jerrod Miller by a rookie Delray Beach police officer outside a teen dance at the Delray Full Service Center.Thursday's meeting at the Redemptive Life Fellowship Church in West Palm Beach was attended by Miller's family members as well as representatives from the NAACP, Urban League, and county and city officials. Phyllis Miller, Jerrod's petite grandmother who has raised the teen since his mother died a year and a half ago, moved the crowd to tears when she said, "Our hearts are very heavy. We're hurting. And I must say we are very angry. But at the same time we aren't going to use our anger in the wrong way." [more]
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- Pictured above: Joe Potts gives an emotional take on police racism and the slaying of Delray Beach teen Jerrod Miller. His comments were part of an NAACP meeting discussing the tragedy. Local residents and relatives had a chance to voice their opinions and concerns on the matter to city officials.[more]