01-22-2014, 09:48 PM
UPDATE ON THREAD'S OPENING POST
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Jonathan A. Ferrell, 24, shot to death by on-duty police officer. RIP.
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Randall Kerrick, police officer - arrested for voluntary manslaughter.
Ferrell was involved in a serious car wreck in Charlotte, NC in September. He kicked the window out of his car, climbed out of the mangled vehicle, and traveled barefoot up the embankment to the nearest home for help and banged on the door.
The female resident shut the door and called 911. Ferrell waited outside the house for approximately 20 minutes - when Charlotte PD arrived.
Ferrell was then shot at 12 times by one of three officers on the scene, Randall Kerrick. Ten of the bullets hit Ferrell - he died at the scene.
Today - four months after the killing:
A Charlotte NC Grand Jury failed to indict Kerrick on voluntary manslaughter and asked the Attorney General (Roy Cooper) to resubmit the case with a lesser charge. The Attorney General issued a statement that it was not a full Grand Jury panel that had heard the case and that he would resubmit the case to a full panel as soon as possible; he did not say whether he would resubmit the same charges or lesser charges.
Meanwhile, last week, Jonathan Ferrell's family filed a lawsuit against Kerrick and the Chief of Police. The lawsuit says that 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 (Ferrell's family is not claiming that race played a role, though much of the media is still doing so in its coverage).
Ferrell's family and their attorney issued a statement today expressing disappointment in not being kept up to date by the Attorney General and the prosecutors' failure to get an indictment despite having a dash cam showing Kerrick shooting at the confused and clearly unarmed Ferrell 12 times - ultimately killing the engineering student who worked multiple jobs and had no criminal record.
This is really disappointing, to me. I hope that Ferrell's family eventually gets some justice.
Jonathan A. Ferrell, 24, shot to death by on-duty police officer. RIP.
Randall Kerrick, police officer - arrested for voluntary manslaughter.
Ferrell was involved in a serious car wreck in Charlotte, NC in September. He kicked the window out of his car, climbed out of the mangled vehicle, and traveled barefoot up the embankment to the nearest home for help and banged on the door.
The female resident shut the door and called 911. Ferrell waited outside the house for approximately 20 minutes - when Charlotte PD arrived.
Ferrell was then shot at 12 times by one of three officers on the scene, Randall Kerrick. Ten of the bullets hit Ferrell - he died at the scene.
Today - four months after the killing:
A Charlotte NC Grand Jury failed to indict Kerrick on voluntary manslaughter and asked the Attorney General (Roy Cooper) to resubmit the case with a lesser charge. The Attorney General issued a statement that it was not a full Grand Jury panel that had heard the case and that he would resubmit the case to a full panel as soon as possible; he did not say whether he would resubmit the same charges or lesser charges.
Meanwhile, last week, Jonathan Ferrell's family filed a lawsuit against Kerrick and the Chief of Police. The lawsuit says that 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 (Ferrell's family is not claiming that race played a role, though much of the media is still doing so in its coverage).
Ferrell's family and their attorney issued a statement today expressing disappointment in not being kept up to date by the Attorney General and the prosecutors' failure to get an indictment despite having a dash cam showing Kerrick shooting at the confused and clearly unarmed Ferrell 12 times - ultimately killing the engineering student who worked multiple jobs and had no criminal record.
This is really disappointing, to me. I hope that Ferrell's family eventually gets some justice.