Posted by Felicia McCarty --Previous Message--
on August 29, 2003, 12:32 am, in reply to "Re: 60 Minutes II report "
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: I think this website is very important and
: very
: well done. The stigma attached to those
: with mental illness is something that must
: be dealt with. People must be educated,
: especially the media. My son's case is
: just one of many, and the true facts are
: not really out there. Gary, also known as
: Gidone Busch was called out of his one
: room basment apartment on August 30, 1999
: by the police in response to a call about
: a disturbance. At this time, Gary was
: davening (praying), as he always did
: before dinner being religious, wearing a
: prayer shawl, tefilin (worn for prayer)
: and holding a small light religiously
: adorned hammer. He had plans to attend a
: wedding that evening with his girlfriend.
: As he stood in in the small stairwell in
: front of his doorway, the police leaned
: over the railing and sprayed him directly
: in the eyes with pepper spray. He blindly
: tried to find his way up the narrow steps
: past the officers on the steps and above,
: screaming in pain and fear, unable to see
: or breath. He got to the driveway a
: distance from the stairwell, and just
: stood there holding this small hammer
: symbolically, his back close to a low wall
: of the adjacent building. Six or more
: officers followed and formed an arc around
: him crouched down in firing position with
: guns drawn, the closest 6 feet away the
: others much further away. No offficer was
: on the ground or in harms way. Suddenly,
: without justification, there was a shot, a
: short pause and a volley of shots, 12
: hitting him all over, including his arms
: and legs. Numerous eyewitnesses said Gary
: posed no threat either before or when they
: shot him. They called it an execution.
: Neighbors children and grandchildren were
: listening to music he was playing earlier
: that day. False stories were released that
: he was killed while attacking a Sergeant,
: in spite of the eyewitness accounts to the
: contrary. The cover-up began immediately.
: The victim is always made out to be the
: aggressor in order to justify these
: shootings. He finished computer courses
: with a 3.9 GPA just 8 months before, and a
: book of poetry 5 1/2 weeks before he was
: killed. I hope that this will all help to
: educate those who are not informed.
:
: :My heart goes out to the mother. I hope that she has found peace of mind while looking back at her son's accomplishments and his spirituality that allowed him to live a moral life and to enjoy the higher things of life while he was yet on this earth. We do not know why bad things happen to good people, but I am convinced that Almighty God knows and has provided an eternal peace and joy in eternity for this young man. I pray that Doris Busch Boskey has been blessed with great peace of spirit and soul and the deep pain experienced with the loss of her beloved son has been soothed away and somehow with the grace of God she has risen risen above the tragic loss and has found greater meaning for her life. I believe she will one day see her son, again, in the life beyond this temporal one. God bless her, enrich her life and give her purpose beyond all the pain of the past.
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