Jurors Indict Officer After He Shoots, Kills, Unarmed Man
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[quote]CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A grand jury has indicted a Charlotte police officer for voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed former Florida A&M football player.
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Last week, a Mecklenburg County grand jury refused to indict the 27-year-old Kerrick, a former animal control officer, on a voluntary manslaughter charge.
Attorney General Roy Cooper decided to send the case to another grand jury because the first grand jury was missing four members.
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At the end of the hearing, one of Kerrick's attorneys, George Laughrun, asked the judge to issue a gag order. He said public comments from prosecutors and attorneys for the victim's family were making it difficult for his client to get a fair trial.
But Bell refused, saying that issue wasn't in front of the court Monday.
The voluntary manslaughter charge carries a prison sentence of up to 11 years.
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Ferrell's family has filed a lawsuit against Kerrick and police Chief Rodney Monroe in Mecklenburg County Superior Court. The lawsuit says Kerrick used excessive force. The family said the city of Charlotte and the police department failed to ensure its officers are adequately trained and instructed in the use of force.
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and it wouldnt be a court case without the NAACP and others thinking its racially motivated because a white man killed someone who happened to be black
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Representatives of the Charlotte chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other civil rights groups have questioned whether race played a role in the shooting. Kerrick is white; Ferrell was black.[/quote]
[url]http://www.policeone.com/legal/articles/6773465-Grand-jury-indicts-NC-officer-in-shooting-of-unarmed-man/[/url]
Hopefully a fair trial occurs.
Also OP, have you ever been harassed by Yawmwen before? I remember he believed police to be the worst people ever
[QUOTE=The Baconator;43701434]Hopefully a fair trial occurs.
Also OP, have you ever been harassed by Yawmwen before? I remember he believed police to be the worst people ever[/QUOTE]
It's happened before, I can confirm that, but yawmwen got banned shortly after, so there were no real battle royales.
It's North Carolina and the victim is black. Lets hope a miracle happens.
S'allllways gotta be a fucking race issue.
[QUOTE=areolop;43701040]and it wouldnt be a court case without the NAACP and others thinking its racially motivated because a white man killed someone who happened to be black[/QUOTE]
[quote]Representatives of the Charlotte chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other civil rights groups have [b]questioned[/b] whether race played a role in the shooting. Kerrick is white; Ferrell was black.[/quote]
Guess people aren't allowed to ask questions anymore. I mean, shooting and killing an unarmed man doesn't paint the best picture of this guy, so racism isn't out of the real of possibility.
[QUOTE=Falubii;43701952]Guess people aren't allowed to ask questions anymore. I mean, shooting and killing an unarmed man doesn't paint the best picture of this guy, so racism isn't out of the real of possibility.[/QUOTE]
It isnt like he walked up and shot him. There is nothing to suggest it was racially motivated but that's not gonna stop it from being forced on this case.
[QUOTE=Falubii;43701952]Guess people aren't allowed to ask questions anymore. I mean, shooting and killing an unarmed man doesn't paint the best picture of this guy, so racism isn't out of the real of possibility.[/QUOTE]
It's the NAACP, it doesn't matter if it was [i]really[/i] racially motivated it just matters that the victim was black and the attacker was white.
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