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CLEVELAND — It’s been nearly a year and a half since a Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority police officer shot and killed Maalik Amir Roquemore, and Friday, Attorney General Dave Yost said a grand jury declined to indict the officer responsible.
"Mental illness is not a crime,” shouted Kimberly, who held a rally outside of CMHA Police headquarters. “Justice for Maalik Amir Rocquemore.”“Maalik was a black man, a CMHA resident of 12 years, and was killed,” Kimberly said. “Unarmed in the middle of a mental health crisis a few feet away from his front door.”
"As he's getting out of the vehicle, he opens the door and all of a sudden the male who was flagging him down starts running towards him and literally starts attacking him,” Gonzalez said. She said her son, an honors student studying to be a nurse at Cleveland State University, was diagnosed with high-functioning schizophrenia and PTSD.
"The objective was to recognize… call for backup,” Kimberly said. “There are other things that he could have done versus pulling his gun. I'm standing for all CMHA residents such that this does not happen to them and their families.” "It's unfortunate that I had to join that community, but I'm thankful for that community,” Kimberly said.
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