Grand Jury Declines To Indict North Carolina Cop Who Shot An Unarmed Motorist 10 Times At Close Range
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” Yesterday a North Carolina grand jury declined to indict Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Randall Kerrick for voluntary manslaughter in connection with the September 14 shooting of Jonathan Ferrell, an unarmed motorist who apparently was seeking help after an early-morning crash. Kerrick, who was responding to a burglary report, fired 12 rounds at Ferrell from a few feet away, striking the 24-year-old former Florida A&M football player 10 times. Kerrrick said Ferrell was moving toward him and two other officers and did not stop when instructed to do so. “The officers gave several verbal commands to ‘get on the ground, get on the ground,’ at least three commands,” one of Kerrick’s attorneys told reporters. “He continued approaching the officers, advancing toward them.”
When police officers are accused of wrongdoing, their bosses tend to defend them or reserve judgment until an investigation is completed, which generally takes weeks or even months. The fact that the police department in this case quickly decided that a manslaughter charge was appropriate suggests the recording of the shooting was pretty damning. It is not clear whether the grand jurors watched the video, which has not been released to the general public.”
You can read our previous post here and Reason has more here .
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