Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Bro. Chris Crowder, DC Green Mayoral candidate, murdered
It's difficult to imagine the sequence of events that leads to the shooting death of someone in a wheelchair.
The DC Statehood Green Party issued the following press release. I join them in mourning Bro. Crowder's passing.
THE DC STATEHOOD GREEN PARTY
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org
For immediate release:
Monday, July 10, 2006
Contact:
Scott McLarty, DC Statehood Green Party Media
Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty@greens.org
Statehood Greens offer condolences to family of
murdered candidate for D.C. Mayor
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- DC Statehood Green Party
members expressed their sympathy and condolences
to the family of Bro. Chris Crowder after his
death on Saturday, July 8, and remembered him as
a dedicated community activist.
Mr. Crowder was found early Saturday morning, the
victim of a homicide. The Metropolitan Police
Department is investigating.
Mr. Crowder was one of two Statehood Green
candidates for Mayor of Washington, D.C. who had
filed petitions on Wednesday, July 5 at the D.C.
Board of Ethics and Elections.
The party had looked forward to its first
contested nomination for the Mayor's seat. The
D.C. primary election will take place on
September 12; the other Statehood Green mayoral
candidate is Chris Otten.
"Bro. Chris was a very thoughtful, intelligent,
fun-loving brother," said Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture,
party member and a friend of Mr. Crowder. "His
energy and passion for justice for people of
African descent, for youth, for over-all
community improvement was amazing. He had great
ideas and he got around this city in his wheel
chair to attend meetings, rallies, etc., better
than most other people."
Mr. Crowder, a graduate of Howard University who
lived in the Mount Vernon neighborhood, was an
outspoken advocate for the rights of District
residents, especially for affordable housing and
for the needs of young people. The victim of a
shooting in 1990 by a teenager who had mistaken
him for a police officer, Mr. Crowder was
partially paralyzed and used a wheelchair.
As a member of the Shaw Coalition, he was very
active in the fight against the new Convention
Center in Mt. Vernon Square and spoke out against
the impending removal of long-time low and
moderate income residents, most of them African
Americans, in the Shaw neighborhood. Mr. Crowder
also participated in the citizens' movement
against public financing of a baseball stadium,
and attended numerous rallies and public
meetings.
"He will certainly be missed," added Ms.
Nkrumah-Ture.
MORE INFORMATION
The DC Statehood Green Party
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org
"Activist Fatally Shot In NW: Man Who Took On
Bigwigs Had Filed To Run for Mayor"
By Robert E. Pierre, The Washington Post, July 9,
2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/08/AR2006070800861.html
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The DC Statehood Green Party issued the following press release. I join them in mourning Bro. Crowder's passing.
THE DC STATEHOOD GREEN PARTY
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org
For immediate release:
Monday, July 10, 2006
Contact:
Scott McLarty, DC Statehood Green Party Media
Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty@greens.org
Statehood Greens offer condolences to family of
murdered candidate for D.C. Mayor
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- DC Statehood Green Party
members expressed their sympathy and condolences
to the family of Bro. Chris Crowder after his
death on Saturday, July 8, and remembered him as
a dedicated community activist.
Mr. Crowder was found early Saturday morning, the
victim of a homicide. The Metropolitan Police
Department is investigating.
Mr. Crowder was one of two Statehood Green
candidates for Mayor of Washington, D.C. who had
filed petitions on Wednesday, July 5 at the D.C.
Board of Ethics and Elections.
The party had looked forward to its first
contested nomination for the Mayor's seat. The
D.C. primary election will take place on
September 12; the other Statehood Green mayoral
candidate is Chris Otten.
"Bro. Chris was a very thoughtful, intelligent,
fun-loving brother," said Asantewaa Nkrumah-Ture,
party member and a friend of Mr. Crowder. "His
energy and passion for justice for people of
African descent, for youth, for over-all
community improvement was amazing. He had great
ideas and he got around this city in his wheel
chair to attend meetings, rallies, etc., better
than most other people."
Mr. Crowder, a graduate of Howard University who
lived in the Mount Vernon neighborhood, was an
outspoken advocate for the rights of District
residents, especially for affordable housing and
for the needs of young people. The victim of a
shooting in 1990 by a teenager who had mistaken
him for a police officer, Mr. Crowder was
partially paralyzed and used a wheelchair.
As a member of the Shaw Coalition, he was very
active in the fight against the new Convention
Center in Mt. Vernon Square and spoke out against
the impending removal of long-time low and
moderate income residents, most of them African
Americans, in the Shaw neighborhood. Mr. Crowder
also participated in the citizens' movement
against public financing of a baseball stadium,
and attended numerous rallies and public
meetings.
"He will certainly be missed," added Ms.
Nkrumah-Ture.
MORE INFORMATION
The DC Statehood Green Party
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org
"Activist Fatally Shot In NW: Man Who Took On
Bigwigs Had Filed To Run for Mayor"
By Robert E. Pierre, The Washington Post, July 9,
2006
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/08/AR2006070800861.html
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