WALKER FAMILY RETAINS LAWYER

NAACP Again Asks For Review Board

On the two-month anniversary of her son's shooting death, Emily J. Walker
confirmed Tuesday that her family has hired a prominent Florida attorney.

Walker said that Willie E. Gary, based in Stuart, Fla., is working for the
family. Kori Love, a spokeswoman for the law firm Gary, Williams, Parenti,
Finney, Lewis, McManus, Watson & Sperando, confirmed Gary is representing
the Walkers.

Kenneth Walker, Emily's son, was fatally shot Dec. 10 by Muscogee County
Sheriff's Deputy David Glisson during the stop of a vehicle suspected of
carrying armed drug traffickers from Miami. Walker and three other local
men were pulled from the GMC Yukon on Interstate 185. No drugs or weapons
were found.

Attorney Dwayne L. Brown of Montgomery, Ala., was retained weeks ago by the
other three men in the car.

Neither Emily Walker nor Gary's law firm would give any details as to what
they have planned.

According to his Web site, www.williegary.com, Willie Gary is nicknamed
"The Giant Killer" for taking on little-known clients and beating major
corporations.

"He has won some of the biggest jury awards in U.S. history," the Web site
states. "He has also won more than 150 cases valued well in excess of a
million dollars each."

Tuesday At Council

NAACP Columbus Chapter President Edward DuBose came before Columbus Council
asking again for a citizen's review board to look into allegations of
police misconduct and abuse.

"You guys are probably as tired of seeing me, as I am of y'all," DuBose
said in his opening remarks to council. "But the issue dictates that we
still see each other."

DuBose said there was a dark shadow over the city because there has been no
resolve in the Walker case.

"There is no videotape, Glisson is still being paid and Johnson is still in
office," DuBose said.

Muscogee County Sheriff Ralph Johnson said there was a videotape of the
incident but has refused to release it. Glisson is on paid administrative
leave. The NAACP has asked for Johnson's resignation, but Johnson has said
he doesn't intend to step down.

"The council is going on with business," DuBose said. "But this community
can't move on collectively until Kenny Walker is resolved."

But council members told DuBose their hands are tied, because they have no
authority over the independent Muscogee County Sheriff's Department.

"Whether I like it or not..., I have to follow the law," Councilor Evelyn
Pugh said. "If we could do something, we would've done something. Our hands
are just as tied as yours are."

Council members did assure DuBose that they were doing research on the
success of review and advisory boards across the country.

The GBI and FBI said Tuesday that their investigation of the Walker
shooting continues. FBI Special Agent Steve Lazarus could not give details
on the status or process of the investigation.

"The investigation is still pending, and there is no timetable," Lazarus said.