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FOR the purpose of calling on the Police Department and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to explain the reasons behind the abnormally long time being taken to determine the C,lUS,' ofT;TOI1l:' We'i'", death ill poli.: ("~;I)C:~lil .lulv 18'''- and ',',) iPI'O;'ll1 ,!1C Cit, C('~.ltl('i~ ("frhc ....:':1"1')1 c: '~" ,_.1"the ;!l\rC~:j:":(": '" . .,. \ 'his disutrl1ii)g ipcil.\~[~~
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Exactly four months there is little certainty-as

ago today, Tyrone Antonio We:;1 died in police custody. to what exactly trarrspired Oil July 18''', 20'J 3':"-~

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\~':;lnL~S and PO;lC( ;:-lCCOU:1iS ~I~!"cC.hat ilcrc \\ (':) ::\1", d .crc.uion invo ' ~;1"':; \~r. ,~~ ..... multiple City policc officers following a traffic SLOp on that date, Accounts vary abour u.c narure of the altercation, and no clear picture has emerged about what caused the unspeci lied "medical distress" that police say led io Mr. West's death,

In the months <incc his "iC;I~h, the officers i!ll{'jl/cd in the incident 11<\\( been suspended, and the Police Dcparuucn.s leadership 11,:lS \,O\\C([ it.' !:!ctl\' the bottom ofwhat happened. Belt ~10 police findings have yet been released. And ihe OITicc of the ChiefMcclica! Examiner hcs so far failed to announce a cause 01' death. The West farnil, ha:-; been left with no more informa ion than they had 1110re than 100 days ago, This prolonged silence j" ['!'I.lSlratlng ,)]1<.\ .macccptablc. It leaves cvcrvonc involved ~ Vfr \.Vest~~ 1'2111,1\\. the ~1..!~i~~:~"n(k>: \\lliccrs. .uvd :l~i.,~ a:';:(ctcd crmmuniries - S\L!C~ in ;;n!!")'l :L~l ~1U idea what n1(1~' h~_\j;;)C!l next clJ.h' ~~) \V3\' to 11ii..'\(' \\-~l'(!. Continued dC'~1\" i;'~ (_;!~cll:--:.:i~.~ .!.~ ("';~C .. . -' ..also inevitably raises questions about the integrity of rheinvesrigation in communities scarred by past police abuses and undermines the public's trust in the Police Department
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Now, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THL On CUUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, That the Council calls on the Police Department and the On-ice of the Chief Medical Examiner to explain the reasons beh j nd the abnormally long ti me being taken to dcrerm ine the ca LIse of Tyrone West's death in police cusrodv 0(1 h11; 181h, and to iI1:~:;r'" t'" CC')ilCii of tile currcn: ',::liUS oft':c ~l1\ieslig(n~IYl !n!(' lh1s di~rul'~~;qg iicidcu.. AND BE IT FURTHER RESULVED, That a copy of this Resolution be sent to the Mayor. Police Commissioner, the Chief Medical Examiner, and the Mayor's Legislative Liaison City Council. .he the

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