A dark day in Framingam's history
Today January 5th will mark the 12-year anniversary of the unjustifiable killing of Mr. Eurie Stamps a 68-year-old retired disabled Grandfather at the hands of FPD. On the 10th year anniversary many residents gathered at a Black Lives Matter demonstration at the Memorial building demanding action on the Stamps families request to review the case. Middlesex County DA Marion Ryan pledged to the family and the residents of this Town that she would revisit the case and ask the FBI for forensic help. All we have heard since then is that the State Police have been to the address where the killing took place and made “measurements”.
The 12th anniversary of Mr. Stamp’s tragic death some things have changed and some things have not. Transparency in general has not always been seen from law enforcement in this case but I hope that we can see the results of the FBI review soon.
I filed a FOIA request with DA Ryan’s office in Jan of 2022 seeking the results of the FBI investigation. The DA’s office did ask and I granted a 2-week delay in their response to me over my FOIA request. I’m still waiting for a reply.
This segment by NECN is worth watching to get a complete picture of how this tragedy started, what was reported happened and interviews under oath with the people that were there. Interesting enough was the fact the FPD was exploring body cams back then. Imagine what we would have seen on the body cams back then and stands as a reminder that body cams are still not used here in Framingham.
https://www.necn.com/news/local/full-video-the-case-of-eurie-stamps-sr/2460976/
posted by Jim Pillsbury @ 11:08 AM
4 Comments
4 Comments:
Same old same old. They covered it up when it happened and they now are covering up the fact they covered it up when it happened by refusing to share what they know. What recourse do we as citizens have?
There's still hope that Marion Ryan will release the FBI findings. My FOIA request is almost a year old and the public records lawyers are aware of the delay.
Thanks for staying on this Jim. The public deserves to know what the FBI findings were and what the DA is going to do going forward. If this is a done deal, then they should tell as that is what the FBI found. Otherwise it appears they are hiding something
Framingham police are not bad guys, but they are not saints either. I see people posting that it was a mistake and that it should just be done. That is bullshit. You can bet your bottom dollar that if the table were turned and Mr. Stamps had accidently shot and killed a police officer because he tripped while holding his gun that Mr. Stamps would at the very least have been jailed, that is if he was not shot on sight by the other officers who saw what happened. To those defending the police, that is not bad, but this is the wrong situation to be just saying forgive and forget. I man lost his life due to this mistake. There must be consequences in a just society for that mistake.
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