“Shooting of Jonathan Ferrell”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

On September 14, 2013, Jonathan Ferrell, a 24-year-old former college football player for the Florida A&M University Rattlers, was shot and killed by police officer Randall "Wes" Kerrick in Charlotte, North Carolina.^[2] Kerrick was charged with voluntary manslaughter.

Shooting

Ferrell was unarmed at the time he was shot.^[3] He crashed his car, went to a house in the Bradfield Farms neighborhood and "banged on the door", The resident Sarah McCartney called the police, and three officers came.^[4]^[5]^[3]^[7] Ferrell then ran towards them, whereupon one of the officers fired a taser at Ferrell and missed.^[2] Kerrick then opened fire on Ferrell, shooting him twelve times and killing him.^[2]

A toxicology test of Ferrell's blood showed he had a blood alcohol level of 0.06, and had caffeine and nicotine in his system.^[4]

Legal proceedings

The day following the shooting, Officer Randall "Wes" Kerrick was charged with voluntary manslaughter, and was released on $45,000 bail from jail. On January 21, 2014, a grand jury declined to indict Kerrick with voluntary manslaughter.^[5] On January 27, a second grand jury did indict Kerrick on a voluntary manslaughter charge.^[6] On August 21, 2015, a 26th District judge declared a mistrial in the case after the jury reached a deadlock, with eight jurors on one side and four on the other.^[7] The Attorney General of North Carolina, Roy Cooper, said that the state would not re-try Kerrick.^[4]^[5]

On May 14, 2015, the city of Charlotte settled a separate lawsuit with Ferrell's family for $2.25 million.^[8]^[9]

Reaction

On August 21, 2015, after the mistrial declaration, protesters took to the streets of Charlotte. Several areas of the city were shut down as a result, and two people were arrested.^[10]

References

1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/28/us/randall-kerrick-no-retrial/ | title=Prosecutors won't seek retrial for officer in Charlotte shooting death | work=CNN | date=28 August 2015 | accessdate=21 September 2016 | author=Berlinger, Joshua; Mann, Gigi}}
2. ^¹²{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/22/us/charlotte-trial-jonathan-ferrell-police-officer-randall-kerrick.html | title=Mistrial for Charlotte Police Officer in Death of Unarmed Black Man | work=New York Times | date=August 22, 2015 | accessdate=August 22, 2015 | author=Katz, Jonathan M.}}
3. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.newsweek.com/randall-kerrick-jonathan-ferrell-north-carolina-police-officer-shot-and-killed-365191 | title=Mistrial for Police Officer Who Killed Unarmed Black Man in North Carolina | work=Newsweek | date=August 21, 2015 | accessdate=August 22, 2015 | author=Reuters}}
4. ^¹{{cite web|author=Leland, Elizabeth|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article29700511.html|title=The tragic path from a 911 call to a fatal confrontation|publisher=Charlotte Observer|date=August 1, 2015|accessdate=February 11, 2016}}
5. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/21/us/north-carolina-police-shooting/index.html | title=No indictment for Charlotte officer who shot Jonathan Ferrell | work=CNN | date=January 21, 2014 | accessdate=August 22, 2015 | author=Ford, Dana}}
6. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/27/us/north-carolina-police-shooting/ | title=2nd grand jury indicts officer in shooting of ex-FAMU football player | work=CNN | date=27 January 2014 | accessdate=22 August 2015 | author=McLaughlin, Eliott}}
7. ^¹{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/22/mistrial-officer-randall-kerrick-jonathan-ferrell-familiy-want-new-trial | title=Mistrial for officer and no justice for unarmed man: family vows to fight on | work=The Guardian | date=August 22, 2015 | accessdate=August 22, 2015 | author=Cooke, Christina}}
8. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article20983929.html | title=Charlotte settles with Jonathan Ferrell’s family for $2.25 million in police shooting | work=The Charlotte Observer | date=May 14, 2015 | accessdate=August 22, 2015 | author=Gordon, Michael}}
9. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Iw9kCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT113&lpg=PT113&dq=Morris+Young+sheriff+of+Gadsden+County,+Florida&source=bl&ots=C8iaQ-Tceu&sig=vgcnktbIM7NUg1DtX5OWsM97smg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwigs862o7bcAhVIrVQKHcZ3APk4KBDoATAEegQIBBAB#v=onepage&q=ferrel&f=false|title=Lethal Force: The True Toll of Police Shootings in America|last=Post|first=The Washington|date=2016-01-19|publisher=Diversion Books|isbn=9781682303757|language=en}}
10. ^{{cite web|url = http://abc11.com/news/protests-in-charlotte-after-kerrick-mistrial/951156/ |title = Two arrested during Kerrick trial protests in Charlotte |publisher = WTVD |date = August 21, 2015}}
11. ^¹²{{cite news |title=Police officer accused in fatal shooting resigns from force |url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article38227671.html |accessdate=October 14, 2015 |work=The Charlotte Observer |agency=The Associated Press |date=October 8, 2015}}{{dead link|date=September 2016}}
12. ^¹²{{cite news |title=Police Officer Accused in Fatal Shooting Resigns From Force |url=http://www.bet.com/news/national/2015/10/08/police-officer-accused-in-fatal-shooting-resigns-from-force.html |accessdate=September 23, 2016 |work=BET |date=October 8, 2015}}