Rev. White has been very vocal about the many inconsistencies in his son’s case, including the location of where the bullet entered his body, the displaced clothes he wore the night of his death, what he allegedly said before he supposedly killed himself, whether his hands were checked for gun powder and if there’s dash cam footage.
“They are asking for my family to believe that my son was in the back of a patrol car, hands cuffed behind his back, but somehow took his hands and come around the front, shot himself, and then put himself back,” he said frankly.
“Growing up in the church,” said Rev. White, “he would’ve never committed suicide.” His son had “too much going for himself to do that,” he added. Young Victor had a job, he had just enrolled in school for welding, had a six month old baby, had just received his income tax check and was about to purchase a car and lease a new apartment.
Some of the supporters present at the march were families of slain loved ones, community activists, and members of the clergy. Different races of people with like minds held posters; all uniting to demand an end to police brutality and answers in the Victor White III case.
Speakers included talk show host Tony Brown, President of the Lafayette chapter of the NAACP Marja Broussard, Bro. Takuna El Shabazz Council of Elders, Bro. Walter Umrani of the New Orleans Peace Keepers, and many of Victor’s family members. A particularly touching moment at the rally occurred when Victor White, III told his story through the voice of his mother, Vanessa White.
Rev. White is still petitioning for the Iberia Parish Coroner, Carl Ditch to change the manner and cause of his son’s death from suicide to homicide. A letter to the U.S. attorney and the Iberia Sherriff’s Department was also crafted and circulated with a summary of demands, which in part included: Immediate naming of officers involved, removal of Sherriff Louis Ackal for continued negligence of duties including deaths of citizens in Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office (IPSO) custody, mandatory body cameras, quarterly review of policies, independent investigation of lethal discharge of weapons, mandatory revised training to focus on de-escalation, and diversity training to humanize all persons served in community.
The family said they will continue to fight until there is justice for Victor White, III.
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