Rally For Izzy

MONDAY JUNE 25, 2012

11:00 A.M.

103 LOCUST STREET (NEAR DEWEY)

ROCHESTER, N.Y.

For More Info. Contact Davy V. (585) 474-2316

In the summer of 2005, then Rochester, New York Police Chief Cedric Alexander announced the creation of the Rochester Police department's Emotionally Disturbed Persons Response Team (EDPRT), a team specially trained to deal with despondent, suicidal, and emotionally unstable individuals.

Ironically, just days after Alexander announced this special team, 13 year old LaShedica Mason, who was suicidal, grabbed a knife and locked herself up in the bathroom of her mother's home on Rochester's eastside.

Little did her mom know, that when she would make a call to 911 call asking for help, the responding Rochester, NY police officer would end up almost killing her daughter.

Rochester Police shot LaShedica three times, including once in her abdomen. As a result of her injuries, LaShedica's gall bladder, as well as several feet of her intestines had to be removed during surgery.

Interestingly, the Rochester Police department's EDPRT which was developed specifically for people just like LaShedica, was never deployed.

Fast forward to Thursday, June 21, 2012. Twenty year old Israel Andino, known as "Izzy", was Executed by 7 Rochester, New York Police officers in what was basically a firing Squad!

The Rochester Police department has once again shown that they can not handle individuals who are Mentally-ill and Emotionally unstable.

This young man did not have to die, and especially at the hands of 7 Rochester Police officers with a combined experience of 98 years on the force.