Marcus Wayman
I've mentioned on this site the name Marcus Wayman several times in the past. He was the 18 year old who committed suicide after Scott Willinsky, a police officer in Minersville, PA threatened to tell his parents that he was homosexual.
A lawsuit was filed and has since been settled. I received the following email from the Marcus Memorial Campaign that I'd like to share with all of you:
Hello friends, family & supporters:
In light of the recent forced civil settlement, we’ve began to re-strategize our next move.
In part, and firstly, we are calling on the US Attorney to demand that his office immediately launch an investigation to the conduct of Officer Scott Willinsky and the Minersville Police Department.
While we work out the exact kinks of linking this off our website, please go to our online petition.
We will get this up on the site, but it also serves a purpose of people being able to forward the message without having to scroll through the site.
Please take a moment, sign the petition and pass it on….for justice, for privacy and for Marcus!
Here are some relevant links to this story. If you are as outraged as I am about things like this happening to our gay kids, here's your opportunity to do something about it.
| CALL
FOR ACTION |
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| Federal
Bureau of Investigation's |
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| 504 West Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA 18101-1500 | 610-433-6488 |
| Demand an investigation into the police conduct for the purpose filing federal criminal charges (in addition to civil "Conspiracy to Deprive a Citizen of Civil Rights" charges, per 42 USC 1983 et seq.). | |
| Chief
of the Minersville Police Department |
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| Chief Robert Bergan, 136 South Third Street, Minersville PA 17954 | 570-544-2333 |
| Demand that his police officers be adequately trained in sensitivity to sexual minority issues and a written policy for his department be adopted. | |
| Governor
of Pennsylvania |
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| Governor Mark Schweiker, 225 Main Capitol, Harrisburg, PA 17120 | (717) 787-2500 |
| Demand the legislation be adopted to prevent a recurrence of the Minersville Tragedy. | |
| United
States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
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| Patrick L. Meehan, 615 Chestnut Street, Suite 1250, Philadelphia, PA 19106 | (215) 861-8200, (215) 861-8609 (fax) |
| Demand that his office undertake the prosecution of the police officers involved on federal criminal charges and a civil action for "Conspiracy to Deprive of Civil Rights" under ttile 42 of the United States Code. | |
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