North Carolina case eerily reminds of Trayvon

[Jeff]

So here we go, we will now have the copy cat law, yes arrest the white guy he must be wrong but then investigate and find out the facts .

In an eerie reminder of the 2012 Trayvon Martin case in Florida, North Carolina authorities last month rushed to charge a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed young black man acting threateningly.
But evidence suggests as in the Martin case, authorities may have overcharged the shooter, who claims self defense.
Also mirroring the Martin case, authorities came under intense pressure from civil rights groups to make an arrest. In this case, the shooter, officer Randall Kerrick, was jailed within hours of the Sept. 14 death of 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell in Charlotte, N.C.
But now, legal experts agree the swiftly filed voluntary manslaughter charges against the officer ultimately won’t hold up against mounting evidence supporting self defense; and an expected reduction in charges, or eventual acquittal, may only reignite racial tensions.
The case has police organizations worried racial politics is swaying internal decisions in cities across the country. They warn if street cops don’t feel the brass have their back in cases where they have to use lethal force, cops may feel inhibited in violent situations, putting their own lives in danger as well as those of citizens they’re sworn to protect.

http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/north-car...ds-of-trayvon/

[Trigg]

In other news.......if you shoot an unarmed naked black man and happen to be black yourself, no worries. No one cares and Sharpton will not be on the news talking about it.


http://www.ablxboston.com/national/2...n-charged.html

Gunned down: Jandei Cherry, 22, was shot and killed after getting into a fight with a motorist who spotted him running naked on a Hollywood, Florida, street

A 22-year-old man running naked down the street in Florida has been shot dead by a passing driver following a bizarre altercation, according to police.Jandei Cherry, an aspiring musician and young father, was pronounced dead October 6 from a gunshot wound to the stomach after police say he got into a fight with a stranger in Hollywood.
The alleged gunman, identified as 29-year-old Duke Laguerre, was driving down Hollywood Boulevard when police say he spotted Cherry running home in the buff after apparently having his clothes and skateboard snatched by a friend.
The two men got into a quarrel that turned physical and ended with Laguerre allegedly pulling a gun onCcherry and shooting him once in the stomach.
Cherry was rushed to Memorial Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Orlando Sun-Sentinel reported.Laguerre has not been charged in connection to the shooting, and police would not say what exactly transpired between him and the victim.

[Thunderknuckles]

The NAACP wants charges elevate to murder. I don't know all of the mounting evidence but it sound like they want to shoot themselves in the foot by overcharging ensuring the cop will walk