Facebook site accuses cops

The Facebook community has rendered its verdict: The cops killed 18-year-old Junior Alexander Manon.

The messages to the site “Police Killed Teen, We Can’t Let Them Get Away!” range from anger to sadness, but they almost all allege that Toronto Police beat or were responsible for the death of Junior Alexander “Tubz” Manon.

One writer even suggests violence against police.

“Junior Manon, an 18-year-old boy who resided in Shoreham, Jane and Finch, was brutally beaten by the police,” an anonymous writer put on the site. “He died before the ambulance even arrived; they broke his neck.

“These cops can go ahead and say what they want to the world, but we’ve got the truth.”

The death is being investigated by the province’s Special Investigation Unit.

At around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, police stopped a car on Steeles Ave. at Founders Rd. Officially, the SIU said there was “an interaction” between Manon and police, and that Toronto medics were called in. Manon was pronounced dead at York-Finch hospital.

An investigative cone of silence has descended on Manon’s death. The SIU won’t comment because of its on-going investigation. Police won’t talk, saying it’s an SIU probe.

But what if the investigation shows Manon didn’t die of police brutality?

“It is a frenzy,” crime victim advocate Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo said of the page.

“If there are eyewitnesses who saw … police kicking this kid, beating him” come forward and talk to the SIU.”

Toronto Const. Scott Mills uploaded contact information for an SIU investigator for people who have evidence.

SIU spokesman Jasbir Brar said no details will be released until the investigation is completed.

“We can appreciate that this is a very emotional time for the family,” she said. “But as an independent organization, we’re going to do what it takes to ensure a thorough investigation is conducted.

“That’s the bottom line.”

rob.lamberti@sunmedia.ca