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Protests in Chicago After Activist Dies in Police Custody

HeadlineMay 28, 2004

In Chicago, hundreds of city residents attended a police board meeting in last night demanding to know how a prominent activist died in police custody. The 55-year-old May Molina died on Wednesday after she was picked up on alleged drug charges. She was the founder of the Families of the Wrongfully Convicted. Relatives said Molina — who was wheelchair-bound — was diabaetic and was denied medication by the police. So many protesters attended the meeting, police board members and the city police superintendent had to be escorted to the exits. The police claim the woman had six undigested bags of heroin in her stomach at the time of her death as well dozens of more bags at her apartment. One attendee at the meeting said “There is no doubt that May Molina was murdered because she is one of the most outspoken political activists for the wrongfully convicted.”

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