The young African American man killed by police just two nights ago in the Bronx just three blocks from the killing of Amadou Diallo, furor around it continues. The weeping mother of Malcolm Ferguson accused police officers yesterday of executing her son because he was slapping them with a $5 million police brutality suit. Juanita Young’s accusations allege that Malcolm Ferguson was slain because he launched the suit, accusing the police of breaking his hand when they handcuffed him during a March 9, 1999 marijuana arrest. His lawyer, Andrew Miller, said that the police held him for two days before he could see a doctor.

Andrew Miller: “The doctors essentially took one look at it and operated on him practically that evening. It was a very brutal break and, in my opinion, intentional.”

The slain man’s lawyer, Andrew Miller, says that Malcolm Ferguson had filed a legal notice that he intended to sue the New York Police Department for $5 million nine months ago and planned to submit the full suit soon.

And just after that protest, the protest continued to gain steam yesterday evening in the Bronx as Malcolm Ferguson’s death inspired protest.