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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Unarmed Black Man shot dead while waving down North Carolina police for help
According to New York daily news, Jonathan Ferrell was shot dead by police as he was waving them down for help. Ferrell had just been in an accident and ran to a neighboring home for help. A woman, upon opening the door, became terrified assuming Ferrell was out to harm her. She slammed the door and called police. Ferrell who went back to the scene of the accident waved down the police for help. Police first tazed him, then shot him 10 times killing him. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Officer Randall Kerrick was the man that killed Ferrell. Dashcam shows Officer Kerrick pausing in between shots. As if to make sure he was dead. The Ferrells’ attorney, Chris Chestnut, says a dash cam video shows the young man posed no threat to officers. Officer Kerrick has since been charged with Voluntary Manslaughter. Who knew a black man could survive an accident only to be shot by the police who should have been helping him. Aren't police supposed to confirm if a man is armed before they can shoot him? I wonder. If a white man did the same thing would he have been killed? Rest in Peace Jonathan Ferrell and all the other black man killed because of racist assumptions and trigger happy police.
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