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Community leaders, family members and concerned citizens gathered for a press conference this morning at the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center to address the police killing of unarmed 15 year-old African American youth, Kiwane Carrington.  He was shot dead at a residence in Champaign on October 9, 2009 after police responded to a call of an alleged burglary in the 900 block of W. Vine St. at 1:20pm.

At the press conference today young friends of Kiwane stood holding signs reading “We Want Answers,” while friends and family recounted stories about police-community relations and raised questions about how this incident was handled.  Especially, why was the family not allowed to identify the body until days after the autopsy had been completed?