phill4paul
01-22-2014, 07:46 AM
SMDH.....:mad:
http://generalstrikeusa.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-nc-cop-who-killed-former-famu-footballer-looking-for-help/
A North Carolina grand jury declined Tuesday to indict a Charlotte police officer who killed an unarmed man by shooting him 10 times last year.
In a handwritten note, Mecklenburg County grand jurors said there wasn’t enough evidence to indict Officer Randall Kerrick, 28, for voluntary manslaughter and asked the state attorney general’s to refile the case with lesser charges.
But prosecutors immediately said they would resubmit the case after they learned that not all of the grand jurors were present for the decision. They didn’t specify whether they would stick to the original voluntary manslaughter charge or would seek lesser charges.
ETA: Original Charlotte Observer article. Much more info included.
In a rare and unexpected move, a grand jury declined to indict Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Randall Kerrick for voluntary manslaughter Tuesday, instead asking prosecutors to submit a lesser charge.
The defense claimed victory. The attorney general said his office planned to bring the charges against Kerrick before the grand jury again because some members of Tuesday’s panel were missing.
The number of absences and whether they had anything to do with the Kerrick case are not known. What is clear is that enough grand jury members felt the evidence presented against Kerrick did not support the manslaughter charge.
And they said so in writing.
“We the Grand Jury respectfully request that the district attorney submit a bill of indictment to a lesser-included or related offense,” the jury’s foreperson said in a hand-written note released by the clerk of court’s office late in the afternoon.
A decisive number of grand jury members, however, did not believe Kerrick’s response amounted to voluntary manslaughter.
Laughrun called that decision a victory for all police.
“The citizens of Mecklenburg County have spoken,” he said. “I think they sent a message to all law enforcement officers that they’ll stand behind them when they use absolute force, when it is justified.”
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/01/21/4629367/grand-jury-asks-for-lesser-charge.html#.Ut_TiNIo7wc#storylink=cpy
http://generalstrikeusa.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-nc-cop-who-killed-former-famu-footballer-looking-for-help/
A North Carolina grand jury declined Tuesday to indict a Charlotte police officer who killed an unarmed man by shooting him 10 times last year.
In a handwritten note, Mecklenburg County grand jurors said there wasn’t enough evidence to indict Officer Randall Kerrick, 28, for voluntary manslaughter and asked the state attorney general’s to refile the case with lesser charges.
But prosecutors immediately said they would resubmit the case after they learned that not all of the grand jurors were present for the decision. They didn’t specify whether they would stick to the original voluntary manslaughter charge or would seek lesser charges.
ETA: Original Charlotte Observer article. Much more info included.
In a rare and unexpected move, a grand jury declined to indict Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer Randall Kerrick for voluntary manslaughter Tuesday, instead asking prosecutors to submit a lesser charge.
The defense claimed victory. The attorney general said his office planned to bring the charges against Kerrick before the grand jury again because some members of Tuesday’s panel were missing.
The number of absences and whether they had anything to do with the Kerrick case are not known. What is clear is that enough grand jury members felt the evidence presented against Kerrick did not support the manslaughter charge.
And they said so in writing.
“We the Grand Jury respectfully request that the district attorney submit a bill of indictment to a lesser-included or related offense,” the jury’s foreperson said in a hand-written note released by the clerk of court’s office late in the afternoon.
A decisive number of grand jury members, however, did not believe Kerrick’s response amounted to voluntary manslaughter.
Laughrun called that decision a victory for all police.
“The citizens of Mecklenburg County have spoken,” he said. “I think they sent a message to all law enforcement officers that they’ll stand behind them when they use absolute force, when it is justified.”
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/01/21/4629367/grand-jury-asks-for-lesser-charge.html#.Ut_TiNIo7wc#storylink=cpy