WASHINGTON — One year later, the family of a D.C. teenager killed by Park Police wants answers.
Just before noon on Monday, Dalaneo Martin’s family marked the anniversary of his death outside the Department of Justice headquarters with tears.
“I just wanna see my brother one more time,” his sister said.
Martin’s mother was too crushed to speak, so an attorney spoke for her.
“I am demanding that the DOJ prosecute and release the officer’s name,” the attorney said on behalf of Terra Martin.
On March 18 2023, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers found Dalaneo Martin asleep in a car in D.C.’s River Terrace neighborhood.
They believed the car was stolen.
During the investigation, two U.S. Park Police officers got in the car. Body-worn camera footage shows Martin wake up, drive off, while one officer falls out of the car. The other officer demands Martin stop.
Within two seconds of the officer’s demand to stop, the video shows the officer shoot Martin 6 times in the back, and killing him.
Soon after, the Department of Justice opened a federal civil rights investigation into the killing.
“What’s taking so long on the investigation?” Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump said at the press briefing. “Why don’t (we) at least know the officers name?
Crump flanked the family to demand transparency outside the DOJ.
“The body camera video is clear, Stevie wonder could see it,” he said.
Crump and the other attorneys for the Martin family said Monday they want the public to hear the case. They want to know who the officer is and what if any criminal charges could be filed. At the very least, attorneys and the family want to know the results of the DOJ investigation into Martin’s killing.
“There a lot of questions, very few answers,” legendary Baltimore Civil Rights attorney Billy Murphy said. “So family hold fast to your dreams.”
But for a family still in mourning, that’s easier said than done.
“I just want my brother,” Dalaneo’s sister managed to say through tears.
WUSA9 reached out to U.S. Park Police and the Department of Justice. We were told the incident is under investigation.
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