'This settlement is not a cause for celebration,' said Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. to Eyewitness News.
The city of White Plains agreed to a $5 million settlement with the family of a Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., who was shot and killed by a police officer. Marcus Solis has the latest.After more than a decade, the city of White Plains has agreed to a $5 million settlement with the family of a 68-year-old marine veteran, who was shot and killed by a White Plains Police officer.by White Plains Police in 2011 - none of the officers involved were ever charged by a grand jury.
"This settlement is not a cause for celebration," said Chamberlain Jr. to Eyewitness News. "I always say the one thing I've learned is it's not what you know, it's what you can prove. In my gut, I feel like the case was not presented fairly." What started as a welfare check became a standoff with an increasingly agitated Chamberlain refusing to let the officers in - insisting he was okay. The standoff lasted over an hour."And then moments after that, he is tased, shot with a bean bag shotgun, and killed," said Chamberlain Jr. "A logical mind would say that's a hate crime."
The officers were never charged criminally, and the Justice Department declined to file civil rights charges.
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