Late in the night of October 3rd, another young man lost his life at the hands of law enforcement. This time there was no gunfire, no public outcry, no hash tag bearing his name, nothing. Since there has been very little coverage, we are publishing the facts as we know them in effort to raise awareness and to ask for some accountability from the Police Department responsible for his untimely death.

22 year old Christopher LaShon Kimble Jr. was not being pursued under suspicion of having committed a crime. Kimble was crossing the street , when Officer Kyle L. Pettus hit him with his police cruiser. East Cleveland Police says that the car had its lights flashing, but witnesses have said otherwise.

Witnesses on the scene have said that Officer Pettus stopped his car and walked AROUND the body of the severely injured Kimble, and checked his windshield for damage. It was not until after a second officer arrived on the scene that they even attempted to help the victim. Christopher Kimble succumbed to his injuries later that night.



Mr. Kimble, pictured here with his child.

As of 10/25/15, East Cleveland PD has not offered so much as a message of condolences to the family for their loss. Requests for body camera and dash camera footage have resulted in claims that the footage is “unavailable” due to some kind of malfunction.

Our questions to East Cleveland PD are this;

– Why have you not bothered speaking to the family? Are you concerned that it will look like an admission of fault to show basic compassion for someone grieving death that your employee caused?

– Where is the dash cam and body cam footage? How is it possible that both have malfunctioned?

Here is the phone number to East Cleveland Police Dept – (216) 451-1234. To our friends who are concerned with Police Accountability, please feel free to share this post to boost the signal. As a family member said “If I accidentally hit a dog in the street, I would still knock on the owners door and tell them I’m sorry for the pain they’re suffering”. That would be basic human decency.

We send our condolences and support to Mr. Kimble’s family. May he Rest in Peace. For those interested in sending donations to help his family with expenses.