09-19-2013, 02:56 PM
Update
The 911 call has been released.
The dispatcher keeps asking if the man is still "in the house". He was never in the house.
The homeowner tells the dispatcher several times that he's in the front yard and he's yelling.
Someone looking to do a B&E probably wouldn't be lingering around outside waiting for the cops and there's no report that Ferrell made any threats.
The police car dashcam reportedly shows a clearly unarmed Ferrell moving forward toward police with his hands out, then panicking as two laser beams hit the center of his chest.
Snip:
"Then he gets excited, and he's like -- 'wait, wait, wait' -- and he's coming forward saying, 'stop,' and he goes off camera, and you just hear shots. One, two, three, four...pause...one, two, three, four, five, six...pause. One, two." (according to the Ferrel family attorney, Mr. Chestnut.)
"Our investigation has shown that Officer Kerrick did not have a lawful right to discharge his weapon during this encounter," police said in a statement Monday.
911 CALL and full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/17/justice/no...?hpt=ju_t3
The NAACP is asking for the charges to be upped from manslaughter to murder.
Meanwhile, Ferrell's family is pushing off cries of racism and saying this is instead a case of seriously bad decision making and incompetence.
I don't know if Ferrell was disoriented from the crash, and/or intoxiciated, or if Officer Kerrick was just an unbalanced trigger-happy cop. In any case, based on what's known now, Ferrell's death is all on Kerrick, imo. He's out on bail and the PD's official statement remains that he used excessive force and the shooting was not justified.
The 911 call has been released.
The dispatcher keeps asking if the man is still "in the house". He was never in the house.
The homeowner tells the dispatcher several times that he's in the front yard and he's yelling.
Someone looking to do a B&E probably wouldn't be lingering around outside waiting for the cops and there's no report that Ferrell made any threats.
The police car dashcam reportedly shows a clearly unarmed Ferrell moving forward toward police with his hands out, then panicking as two laser beams hit the center of his chest.
Snip:
"Then he gets excited, and he's like -- 'wait, wait, wait' -- and he's coming forward saying, 'stop,' and he goes off camera, and you just hear shots. One, two, three, four...pause...one, two, three, four, five, six...pause. One, two." (according to the Ferrel family attorney, Mr. Chestnut.)
"Our investigation has shown that Officer Kerrick did not have a lawful right to discharge his weapon during this encounter," police said in a statement Monday.
911 CALL and full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/17/justice/no...?hpt=ju_t3
The NAACP is asking for the charges to be upped from manslaughter to murder.
Meanwhile, Ferrell's family is pushing off cries of racism and saying this is instead a case of seriously bad decision making and incompetence.
I don't know if Ferrell was disoriented from the crash, and/or intoxiciated, or if Officer Kerrick was just an unbalanced trigger-happy cop. In any case, based on what's known now, Ferrell's death is all on Kerrick, imo. He's out on bail and the PD's official statement remains that he used excessive force and the shooting was not justified.