3 Detroit Children Die after energy shutoff

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Three children died on Tuesday as the result of a DTE shut-off. Here is the press release that is being sent out about the Thursday demonstration at DTE:

"How many more must die?" -- Three babies die in DTE-shutoff fire

Three babies -- Trevion Young, Fantasia Young and Selena Young -- died as a result of a DTE shutoff of the gas and electricity to their home on Bangor Street, reported the Detroit Free Press online today. This brings the total murdered by DTE this season to fourteen.

Those murdered are:
Vaughn Reed
Markesha Reed
Demonte Reed
DeMarco Reed
Booker T. James Sr.
Jeffrey B. Garrett
Lynn Greer
Tyrone Allen
Marvin Allen Sr.
Welton Crawford
Davion Grant

"What kind of world do we live in where children can die a fiery death and there is no massive outcry?" said Maureen Taylor, chairperson of MWRO. "We call on everyone opposed to this constant inhumanity against poor people to join us at DTE tomorrow, Thursday, from 12-1 pm and demand an immediate moratorium on gas and light shutoffs," she said.

"This is the second time in two weeks that someone has died in a fire the day after a visit from DTE," said Gwen Gaines, organizer at MWRO. "I attended the funeral for my neighbor Jeffrey Garrett, killed by DTE, who left 10 children. I am marching tomorrow to demand an end to shutoffs so that his children will have a future," she said.


For more information please see:
Poverty Initiative http://povertyinitiative.org/
People's Tribune http://www.peoplestribune.org/
Michigan Welfare Rights Organization http://www.mwro.org

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