3/6/2015
Unarmed 19-year old Anthony Robinson was shot 5 times in the chest and killed by the Madison Police Department. Reports between the police and the youth’s friends differ, but it is clear he was unarmed. Few details are currently known, but this police murder is in the same vein as what happened to Michael Brown in Ferguson, Eric Garner in New York, and Dontre Hamilton in Milwaukee. Given the racial disparities in Madison, we have known our city is no different. Young Gifted and Black will continue to fight against this state violence against Black people and for justice for Anthony Robinson. People are currently rallying at the corner of Willy St. and Few St.
Jack Spaulding, 17, of Madison, said he was a “best friend” of the man killed and came to the scene as soon as he heard.
Spaulding described his friend as “one of the happiest people I know.”
Spaulding said he and his friends, including the victim, called the area of Williamson Street “The Block” and frequently hung out together and skateboarded in the area.
“I still can’t even fully wrap my head around this.”
Where’s all those cops that were screaming how they’re lives matter? Where’s the fund for this mans family? Wheres all those white people who were yelling cops lives matter?
