What Started As a Regular Day At the BarberShop...

A graduate of John Jay College of The City University of New York, Miguel Reyes, always wanted to be involved with Criminal Justice.  Reyes instead went on to become an entrepreneur, supplying barber shops with products needed for their everyday operations.  

One fateful day at a barber shop, in Reyes' hometown of Garfield, New Jersey, the news of the day concerned the young kid who was gunned down and murdered by police officers of Garfield, New Jersey.  A barber's razor would not have cut Reyes as deeply as this devastating news.  This was personal.  Malik Williams lived down the street.  He was only 19 years old.  

Reyes spoke out that day at the barbershop, but he did not stop there.  Reyes spoke to anyone and everyone who would listen about this grave injustice.  What can be done about this?  When will police brutality end?  How can it end?  These conversations turned into an organized movement to march in protest, in solidarity, and in defense of this senseless killing of a young black teenager.  

The first protest, which was an organized march to the courthouse, was a success and the people of Garfield waited for justice.  As they waited, the people of Garfield realized they needed more.  There were other pressing issues concerning the people of Garfield such as dangerous levels of cancer causing chronium, cleaning up the hurricane stricken Jersey Shore, political control in the hands of nepotism, and so U.R.G.E.N.T. was formed.  United Residents of Garfield Engaged in Neighborhood Transformation.  URGENT became a watchdog organization, a place for residents of Garfield to come to with the concerns that face their community.

URGENT gained media attention and through the actions of URGENT The Malik Williams case garnished the attention it merited.  The police officers faced a grand jury.  The police department came under scrutiny.  Most importantly, the memory of Malik Williams is preserved forever in the hearts and minds of the residents of Garfield.

Reyes hopes to address the many concerns affecting the residents of his community within his organization of URGENT.  His hopes are to continue to hear the concerns of the community, to motivate the community, and to empower the community politically.

What started as a regular day at the barber shop became a sharp turn in Reyes' life and he has no intentions on turning back.

NAACP Bergen County Chapter Honors URGENT President Miguel Reyes

The Bergen County Chapter of the NAACP is holding its 76th Annual Freedom Fund Gala on

Saturday, September, 28, 2013 
at the Elan in Lodi, New Jersey.

And the Community Service Award goes to ...
none other than U.R.G.E.N.T.'s President Miguel Reyes.

We are very proud of him.  


Buy your tickets for this gala event at http://bergennaacp.org/.  

Molinelli Leaves a Mixed Record - Solved Cold Cases, Faulted in Others

According to an article in The Register, Bergen County prosecutor is being replaced and his record shows that he faulted in the Malik Williams case, and this was brought to light thanks to local activists URGENT.

Here read for yourself.  The article is not found online, not every article in the hard copy newspapers appear online.

The article's first paragraph:

"John Molinelli's decade as Bergen County prosecutor was marked by the resolution of numerous cold cases, the conviction of a mayor from a prominent family on misconduct charges and an investigation into a police shooting that riled a city."

As we know all too well, it was U.R.G.E.N.T. that "riled the city".

Another pertinent part of the article states:

"Molinelli was faulted last year for the way he handled an investigation into the shooting of a Garfield teenager. Local activists and the family of the teenager, Malik Williams, criticized him for not releasing details about the case.  Molinelli said he tried to balance the public's right to know with protecting the integrity of the judicial process.

"I certainly understand the frustration by community members that want details," Molinelli said in an interview with The Record at the time.

After a grand jury determined last year that there was not enough evidence to charge the officers involved in the shooting, Molinelli said he reached out to the Williams' family's attorney, Victor Urbaez, to set up a meeting.  Urbaez, however said he never received a phone call."

As we all know too well, the "local activists" that criticized Molinelli was URGENT.

Read more: 

http://www.northjersey.com/news/Christie_nominates_assistant_US_Attorney_to_replace_Molinelli_as_Bergen_County_Prosecutor.html

URGENT riled the city.

FIGHT BACK: Families Against Police Terror

National conference organized to fight police brutality: FIGHT BACK

 

With our very own Reggie Buggs, VP of U.R.G.E.N.T. as a panelist on "Strategies for Moving Forward"

 

Saturday, June 1, 2013

 

RIVERSIDE CHURCH

South Hall 120th St. & Claremont Ave. 

Harlem, New York

12pm-10pm

2 panels and live music

1st panel 1:00-3:30 p.m. 

"Voices of Resistance" 

 

2nd panel  4:00-6:30 

"Strategies for Moving Forward"

 

8:00- 10:00 p.m. LIVE PERFORMANCES by The Welfare Poets & Aidge 

The full schedule is as follows:

12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m. Welcome
1:00- 3:30 p.m. "Voices of Resistance" Panel (MC- Brian Jones)

• Ramona Africa, MOVE Organization, Survivor of 1985 Bombing of MOVE, Philadelphia, Pa. 
• Danette Chavis, Mother of 19-year-old Gregory Chavis, left to bleed to death after being shot by the NYPD on October 9, 2004
• Mark Clements, torture victim of Jon Burge, Chicago police chief and wrongfully convicted & incarcerated for 28 years in Chicago, Illinois
• Natasha Davis, sister of 23-year old Shantel Davis, shot by the Brooklyn NYPD on June 14, 2012, while sitting in a car
• Askia Sabur, police brutality victim in Philadelphia on September 3, 2010, Askia Coalition Against Police Brutality
• Fred Bryant, father of Keaton Otis, murdered by the police on May 12, 2010 in Portland, OR
• Margarita Rosario, mother of Anthony Rosario, murdered by the NYPD in the Bronx along with his cousin Hilton Vega, on January 12, 1995.
• Juanita Young, mother of Malcolm Ferguson, shot point-blank by undercover NYPD in the Bronx, on March 1, 2000.

3:30- 4:00 BREAK

4:00 - 6:30 "Strategies for Moving Forward" Panel (MC- Amir Amma)

• Frank Graham and Constance Malcolm, parents of Ramarley Graham, killed in his home in the Bronx on February 2, 2012, by the NYPD
• Jack Bryson, father of two sons who were with Oscar Grant when he was murdered on an Oakland, CA, subway platform by police on January 1, 2009
• Adam & Jeralynn Blueford, parents of 18-year-old Alan Blueford, murdered on May 6, 2012 by Oakland police
• Yusef Salaam, one of the Central Park Five wrongfully convicted of rape in New York’s Central Park in 1989
• Rev. C.D. Witherspoon, President, SCLC Baltimore Chapter, Organizer, Baltimore Peoples Power Assembly
• Reggie Buggs, Vice President of activist group U.R.G.E.N.T. Garfield, New Jersey

6:30- 8:00 p.m. BREAK

8:00- 10:00 p.m. LIVE PERFORMANCES by The Welfare Poets & Aidge!!

Hosted by: Campaign to End the New Jim Crow
Endorsed by: Campaign to End the Death Penalty, Haymarket Books, International Socialist Organization, Justice Committee, Parents Against Police Brutality, Stop & Frisk Freedom Fighters, Socialist Alternative (list in formation – contact jonessa@rowan.edu to endorse)

URGENT Member, Wayne Harper Found Guilty

U.R.G.E.N.T. member Wayne Harper exercised his First Amendment right of Free Speech, and was charged with harassment.  Then Harper exercised his Right to Trial, instead of taking a plea, and the final outcome is that the judge found him guilty.  

Guilty of harassing the prosecutor's office for making 3 phonecalls and sending text messages.  Harassment is a petty disorderly persons offense.  The municipal prosecutor, Donald DeDio, had asked that the maximum possible fine, $500, be imposed.  Judge Corradino instead ordered Harper to pay a $200 fine plus court costs.

Wayne Harper - a law abiding citizen of Garfield New Jersey, who never had a run in with the law, who is a coach for the youth, was moved, as was the whole community of Garfield, New Jersey, after the police shooting of a city teen, Malik Williams.  Wayne demanded an answer and called the prosecutor's office for the status on the case.  He called three times.  He was told that if he called again he would be charged. The prosecutor's office made good on their threat and charged Wayne with harassment.  Keep in mind that the police officers involved in the shooting of Malik Williams,  were not even charged.  The only charges made related to this shooting was to Wayne Harper, a concerned citizen exercising his right to know.

The judge's decision is being criticized as it should be, read the comments northjersey.com, .

Walter Luers, president of the New Jersey Foundation for Open Government said, "If they don't want to deal with the public, then they shouldn't work for the public.  This is a misuse of prosecutorial resources. They should be going after real criminals, not concerned citizens."

We applaud Harper for taking a stand.

This decision might stifle some to speak up, but for us and because of Harper's determination we will not stay quiet it there is an injustice.  We will continue to fight for injustice.

No Justice.  No Peace.   Know Justice.  Know Peace.

Read more here:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen/bergen_prosecutor/Garfield_man_found_guilty_of_harassing_Bergen_Prosecutors_Office_.html

 

Right now in my heart, I’m not satisfied. I think it was one of the worst mis-justices ever.
                                                         -Wayne Harper

URGENT Headquarters

We are working on getting office space, or as we prefer to refer to to it:  URGENT Headquarters, in Garfield, New Jersey.

An office will allow us to have a place where we can conduct business in a more centralized all the operations it takes to run an organization such as URGENT.

We are working diligently on this and will let you know when the plans are finalized.

Stay tuned....!

Follow URGENT

Follow URGENT on social media. We are on Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus!  Or you can follow our blog!

Either way, by following URGENT,

you can see what we have done and

what we are working on and

you can connect with us and

tell us your concerns or just tell us how you're doing! 

As Garfield Superfund site raises chromium concerns, NYU researchers plan exposure study

Members of URGENT in Garfield meeting protesting chronium

According to nj.com:

GARFIELD — The federal Environmental Protection Agency will begin work in the coming weeks to determine how far a pool of cancer-causing chromium that sits beneath a Superfund site in a residential neighborhood has spread.

At the same time, a team of researchers from NYU's School of Medicine is hoping to begin work educating residents on the impacts of the contamination on public health, and testing their toenails for traces of the metal.

It turns out our toenails keep better records than government agencies sometimes.

 "There's no information," said Miguel Reyes, a member of the community group URGENT Garfield that's turned up at public events to protest the government's handling of the site. "People need to be held accountable. Nobody's putting the blame on anybody, and we need to investigate if the city fumbled the football."

Read more here:

http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/03/as_chromium_contimation_concerns_loom_nyu_researches_plan_to_test_toenails.html

"Nobody's putting the blame on anybody, and we need to investigate if the city fumbled the football."          -Miguel Reyes, Pres. of URGENT

Garfield man in legal limbo after being accused of harrassing Bergen prosecutor's office

Members of URGENT in Garfield, New Jersey

According to nj.com:  

GARFIELD — Weeks before a grand jury cleared police officers in the shooting of a local teenager last year, a group of residents upset with the investigation bombarded the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office with phone calls.

It had been three months since Malik Williams was killed in a confrontation with police after fleeing the Garfield police station where he was being booked, and few details had been released.

Wayne Harper says he called three times himself.

"It was 90 days," he said recently. "We didn't hear anything at all."

Bergen Prosecutor John Molinelli fielded one of those calls from Harper, warning him that if he called again he'd face harassment charges. He called again.

In the year since, Harper has been fighting that single charge of harassment in a Passaic County municipal court after being granted a request for a venue change. A verdict was expected this week, but The Record reported that the judge, citing personal issues, had to again postpone a ruling.

"The bottom line is making phone calls to a public office isn't harassment," Harper said.

 Read more here: 

http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/05/garfield_man_in_legal_limbo_after_being_accused_of_harrassing_bergen_prosecutors_office.html#incart_river_bergen

"The bottom line is making phone calls to a public office isn't harassment." 
                              -Wayne Harper, URGENT Member 

Verdict postponed in URGENT member's harassment case

According to northjersey.com:

LITTLE FALLS — A municipal court verdict was postponed Tuesday in the case of a Garfield man accused of harassing the Bergen County prosecutor during a probe of a police shooting.

 “I’m appalled! This is too much,” Harper, visibly frustrated, said after learning that his case would be adjourned. “This is definitely looking shaky — suspicious.”

A verdict had been expected Tuesday in the 13-month-long legal case against Harper, who has been on trial in Little Falls Municipal Court on a charge of harassment, a disorderly persons offense, for making repeated telephone calls to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office on March 7, 2012. The intent of those calls, police allege, was to harass employees of that office, including Prosecutor John L. Molinelli and his assistant, Patricia Scanlon.

About 15 people came out to support Harper on Tuesday, including Garfield Councilman Glenn Mati; Williams’ mother, Shirley, and Miguel Reyes and Reggie Buggs of United Residents of Garfield Engaging Neighborhood Transformation (U.R.G.E.N.T.), a community group that formed after Williams’ death.

Read more here:

http://www.northjersey.com/garfield/Verdict_postponed_in_harassment_case_related_to_Garfield_police_shooting_.html

“This is definitely looking shaky — suspicious.”  
              -Wayne Harper, URGENT Member

We were greeted by the sun, but startled by the surreal devastation!

The United Residents of Garfield Engaging Neighborhood Transformation (URGENT) helped "Restore the Shore" by participating in helping clean up communities, beaches and bays still recovering from Superstorm Sandy.

President of URGENT Reggie Buggs. Buggs said they arrived down the shore at 8:30 a.m. by transportation that was provided by the Garfield City Manager Tom Duch and the mayor and council.

"We were greeted by the sun but startled by the surreal devastation," Buggs said.

Read the whole article here:

http://www.northjersey.com/community/205429171_URGENT_group_of_Garfield_helps_to_restore_the_shore.html

 

"We were greeted by the sun but startled by the surreal devastation."    -Reggie Buggs, VP of URGENT

Sheriff thanks Garfield and Miguel Reyes for getting gun buyback initiative started

According to northjersey.com: 

 

Jorge Huerge of the Bergen County Sheriff's Office checks out a gun at the gun buyback in Garfield at Our Lady of Mount Virgin Church on April 13.

Bergen County Sheriff's Officer Damian Pope checks in a Russian Military rifle in Garfield.

Bergen County's gun buyback program brought in a total of 1,345 firearms over a two-day period, which more than doubled what was collected in 2010.

Saudino additionally thanked the police departments that participated in the buy back program including the houses of worship that were designated drop-off locations. Saudino specifically thanked Garfield's City Manager Tom Duch and Garfield resident Miguel Reyes, president of United Residents of Garfield Engaging Neighborhood Transformation (URGENT), who helped get the gun buyback initiative started. Saudino said Garfield was the voice that helped set the initiative in motion.

Garfield held its gun buyback at Our Lady of Mount Virgin on April 13. The Garfield site collected one assault weapon, 80 hand guns and 56 rifle or shotguns.

Read more here:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/203258351_Sheriff_thanks_Garfield_for_getting_gun_buyback_initiative_started.html

URGENT's Miguel Reyes Quoted in the NEWS

According to nj.com:

Buybacks have been held across the state, but Saudino said Tuesday that Bergen's was spurred by efforts of local community groups like URGENT Garfield, which first approached their city council with the idea of holding one late last year. The group had been pushing the event on their own, distributing fliers in Garfield and surrounding towns in Bergen and Passaic counties.

"We've been pushing this pretty strong," Miguel Reyes, one of URGENT's founding members, told NJ.com over the weekend.

Read more here:

http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2013/04/photos_bergen_gun_buyback_brought_in_1345_weapons_sheriff_says.html#incart_river_bergen

"We've been pushing this pretty strong." 

                                       - Miguel Reyes, Pres. of URGENT

Restore the Shore - Pics of the clean up of the Jersey Shore

Great job!  Saturday, 4/20/13

Restore the Shore!

Cleaning up the New Jersey Shore!

A lot of cleanup at the Jersey Shore

URGENT Cleaning up the Jersey Shore

Resting a bit after cleaning up the Jersey Shore

We are all in this together!  RESTORE THE SHORE! 

Cleaning up the New Jersey Shore

Clean up crew for the Jersey Shore

Garfield Gun Buy Back set for April

According to northjersey.com:

Garfield will host a Gun Buy Back program on April 13 at Mt. Virgin Church where anyone can trade in a gun for money with no questions asked.

Organizations and officials supporting the program include Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli, Sheriff Michael Saudino, Bergen County Police Chief Brian Higgins, the Bergen County Chiefs of Police, United Residents of Garfield Engaging in Neighborhood Transformation (URGENT), Father Peter Palmisano, the Garfield Mayor and Council and Garfield Police Chief Kevin Amos.

"We need to reach out to neighboring cities not just Garfield," said President of URGENT Miguel Reyes. "We need to spread the word and have the community come together for this to be a successful program.

Read more here:

http://www.northjersey.com/news/189412051_Garfield_announces_date_for_its_Gun_Buy_Back.html

"We need to reach out to neighboring cities not just Garfield...to spread the word and have the community come together for this to be a successful program."             -Miguel Reyes, Pres. of URGENT

JUSTICE for the CENTRAL PARK FIVE

Yusef Salaam and the Founders of URGENT

At an URGENT event 12/12: Remembering Malik Williams

LtoR: Reggie Buggs, Yusef Salaam, Miguel Reyes, Victor Urbaez

We support the CENTRAL PARK FIVE in their quest for economic justice.  Please read the petition from change.org and SIGN. 

http://www.change.org/petitions/mayor-michael-r-bloomberg-the-central-park-5-seeks-economic-justice

Dear Mayor Bloomberg:

I am a resident of New York and a tax paying citizen of the US. I am asking for your support

in the civil case involving the Central Park 5. As you probably know, 5 young men were prosecuted and convicted for the rape of a jogger in Central Park. Prosecutors used our tax dollars to prosecute and convict 5 boys (now men) who have served time and have since had their convictions set aside. These young men had their education interrupted and their whole lives turned upside down because of this case.

When the real rapist stepped up and confessed his guilt the convictions were set aside. His DNA matched the samples taken at the scene of the crime, which further proved the innocence of the 5 boys, now men.

Instead of giving an apology for their judicial misconduct and coerced confessions, and offering economic justice for their wrong doing, City prosecutors are doing everything possible to delay the civil case which the boys and their families were forced to bring. More of our tax dollars are being wasted because prosecutors won't admit they were wrong.

We are asking that you do everything within your power to stop prosecutors from engaging in delays in the civil court. Although you were not the mayor at the time, surely if you would speak on the subject and demand justice for these boys, it would make a difference. The boys, now men, and their families deserve an apology and economic justice for the pain and hardship caused by the City and State. Justice delayed is justice denied.

We've witnessed you standing up for what you know is right and we're asking you to do it again in the case of the Central Park 5. If you need more information on the case, watch the movie produced by Ken Burns or read the book by his daughter Sarah Burns. The world is watching how citizens of this great country respond to injustice.

Sincerely,

To:

The President of the United States

The U.S. Senate

The U.S. House of Representatives

The Governor of NY

The NY State Senate

The NY State House

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor NYC

The Central Park 5 Seeks Economic Justice

Sincerely,

[Your name]

http://www.change.org/petitions/mayor-michael-r-bloomberg-the-central-park-5-seeks-economic-justice

Sheriff personally thanked URGENT for the success of the buyback program

northjersey.com:

Bergen County's gun buyback program brought in a total of 1,345 firearms over a two-day period, which more than doubled what was collected in 2010.

The initiative took place on April 13 and 14 at 11 locations and netted a total of 1,345 firearms, including 10 deadly assault weapons and scores of handguns, rifles and shotguns. Numerous boxes of ammunition, high-powered air rifles, flare guns, BB guns and knives were also surrendered.

"We're thrilled with the overwhelming results of our 2013 Gun Buyback," Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino said today at a press conference in Hackensack. "As we've seen far too many times, gun violence-whether intentional or accidental-destroys lives. While this initiative was a great step in getting unwanted firearms off our streets and out of our homes, we'll continue to find ways to curb gun violence and protect our children, our families and our neighbors."

    "Saudino specifically thanked Garfield's City Manager Tom Duch and Garfield resident Miguel Reyes, president of United Residents of Garfield Engaging Neighborhood Transformation (URGENT), who helped get the gun buyback initiative started. Saudino said Garfield was the voice that helped set the initiative in motion.    "

Read the whole story here http://www.northjersey.com/news/203258351_Sheriff_thanks_Garfield_for_getting_gun_buyback_initiative_started.html

Cleaning up the Jersey Shore

URGENT is collaborating with the City of Garfield in a support effort to restore our Jersey Shore.

Our neighbors at the shore need our help.  We're going to Lavallette.

SATURDAY, April 20th 

@ 6am @ The Garfield City Hall

Transportation will be provided by the City of Garfield.  Lunch will be provided by the Ocean Beach Marina.  Work Clothes is the attire for the day!

Volunteers are welcomed.  So let's fill the bus and come together in the "City of Champions" and do our part!

RESTORE REBUILD RECOVER

Join the conversation about THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE

The story of the CENTRAL PARK FIVE raises important questions about race and class, the failings of our criminal justice system, the problem of false confessions, legal protections for vulnerable juveniles, and basic human rights. Join the conversation and share your thoughts.

We are proud to have had Yusef Salaam, one of the Central Park Five, as a speaker in an URGENT event a few months ago.  Read about the event here nj.com that says:

"Friends, family and supporters gathered for a memorial at the Garfield VFW on the anniversary of 19-year-old Williams' death. He was shot and killed by police after fleeing out an unlocked door at the Garfield police department, where he had earlier turned himself in on domestic assault charges.

Police said Williams fled to a residential garage and armed himself with tools, advancing toward officers as they opened the bay doors and, ultimately, opened fire. The incident lead to months of protest and the formation of a community group, URGENT Garfield, which sought answers in the shooting and an increase in outreach programs for the city's youth.

Most of the women who took to the lectern Monday night had a similar story to tell.
Speakers included the mothers of Ramarley Graham, an 18-year-old man shot by police in his New York home earlier this year, and Phillip Pannell, a Teaneck teen killed in similarly controversial circumstances in April 1990.

The event also included a reading from Yusef Salaam, a poet and activist who was one of the "Central Park Five," a group of black and hispanic boys accused of the brutal rape and beating of a jogger in 1989. They were later exonerated, and are the subject of a new documentary exploring the case."

Read more here: 
http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2012/12/mothers_of_young_men_killed_in_police-involved_shootings_join_garfield_mother_at_sons_memorial.html

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City’s Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, leading to their convictions being overturned.

Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, The Central Park Five will tell the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories and an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.

Watch Central Park Five Trailer on PBS. See more from Central Park Five.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg: 
The Central Park 5 Seeks Economic Justice

http://www.change.org/petitions/mayor-michael-r-bloomberg-the-central-park-5-seeks-economic-justice#

1300 guns off the streets! thanks to the Buy Back program!

1300 guns bought back for approximately $100,000.

Bergen County officials were surprised by the turnout for the buyback, which surpassed the number of guns, 708, collected in August 2010. Authorities purchased 560 firearms on Sunday and 747 on Saturday, said Bergen County Sheriff’s Inspector Mickey Bradley.

“Some people didn’t even want the money,” Bradley said. “They just wanted to get rid of the guns.”

Read more here:  

http://www.northjersey.com/englewood/Bergen_County_gun_buyback_brings_in_more_than_1300_weapons.html?c=y&page=1

Gun Buy Back Program

LET'S KEEP GARFIELD SAFE

Turn in your guns and receive cash. 

April 13th and 14th.

URGENT is working in collaboration with the Bergen County Sheriff and the Prosecutor's Office, Bergen County Police Chiefs Association, Mount Virgin Church and the Garfield City Council to make our streets safer by reducing the number of guns.

GUNS FOR CASH. NO QUESTIONS ASKED!!!

St. Joseph's Center - Mount Virgin

199 Harrison Ave., Garfield, New Jersey

Temple Beth Shalom

40-25 Fairlawn Ave., Fairlawn, New Jersey

Assault Rifle = $250

Handguns = $100

URGENT in the news on FiOS1!

GARFIELD - One year after the shooting of 19-year-old Malik Williams, a group of residents have formed an activist group called URGENT to fight the city, police and Bergen County, claiming harrassment about the Garfield Police Department.  Williams was shot and killed in 2011 by police officers after fleeing the Garfield police station.  However, members of URGENT say that despite their efforts, nothing has changed.  FiOS1's Christi Duffy reports.