01:00USA: Jury selection in Jonathan Ferrell case breeds protest
Dozens of civil rights activists gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the jury was picked for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer CMPD Officer Randall 'Wes' Kerrick, 29, who is accused of shooting and killing unarmed black man Jonathan Ferrell, Monday.
The activists held a peaceful protest outside the court, in support of the family and all African-American victims of police shootings. Brother John C. Barnett, a national civil rights activist, led the group which gathered in Charlotte's Marshall Park, which is directly adjacent to the courthouse, where proceeding began moments later.
In September 2013, 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell crashed his car giving a friend a late-night ride home. Ferrell went to get help from a nearby home but the resident called the police. When the police arrived, Kerrick was shot at ten times. The defence claim that Kerrick shot Ferrell after he was "unresponsive" and "charged" at the officers. The prosecution, however, claim that the police fired a taser-round that missed Ferrell, who fearing for his life, ran in the direction of Kerrick, who shot him fatally. The trial should officially begin in two-to-three weeks.
01:00Dozens of civil rights activists gathered in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the jury was picked for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer CMPD Officer Randall 'Wes' Kerrick, 29, who is accused of shooting and killing unarmed black man Jonathan Ferrell, Monday.
The activists held a peaceful protest outside the court, in support of the family and all African-American victims of police shootings. Brother John C. Barnett, a national civil rights activist, led the group which gathered in Charlotte's Marshall Park, which is directly adjacent to the courthouse, where proceeding began moments later.
In September 2013, 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell crashed his car giving a friend a late-night ride home. Ferrell went to get help from a nearby home but the resident called the police. When the police arrived, Kerrick was shot at ten times. The defence claim that Kerrick shot Ferrell after he was "unresponsive" and "charged" at the officers. The prosecution, however, claim that the police fired a taser-round that missed Ferrell, who fearing for his life, ran in the direction of Kerrick, who shot him fatally. The trial should officially begin in two-to-three weeks.