Justice Delayed But Not Denied

I wrote a story about the senseless shooting of Jonathan Ferrell a few months ago...This was a college football player,injured in a car accident who was hurt and dazed and went looking for help...apparently he frightened some white woman enough that she called an equally frightened police officer who shot and killed him...

I'm shaking my head at how many frightened white people have shot and killed black people lately...

I had heard that the policeman who killed Ferrell was not going to be indicted...and I was very distraught...I felt like just in the Trayvon Martin case...another killer had gone free..

But...There is a God After All.......

Less than a week after one grand jury declined to charge him, a different one has indicted a Charlotte, N.C., police officer for voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed man who was looking for help after a car crash.

Prosecutors resubmitted the case against Officer Randall Kerrick after learning not all 18 members of the original grand jury were present for last Tuesday's vote.

Randall Kerrick, 28, a three-year veteran of the Charlotte police force, shot Jonathan Ferrell, 24, 10 times in a confrontation in September. Jonathan Ferrell had crashed his car and staggered for help to a nearby home, where the resident called 911 to report a possible break-in.

Jonathan Ferrell's family filed a wrongful-death lawsuit earlier this month, arguing that autopsy results showing a downward trajectory by most of the 10 bullets suggested the former Florida A&M University football player was on his knees or on the ground.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department supported the charge against Randall Kerrick, saying his actions were "excessive."
After the first grand jury voted not to indict, Kerrick's attorney had said the officer felt "like the weight of the world has been lifted from his shoulders." Not so fast..

His legal team declined comment on Monday.

Jonathan Ferrell's family said they were grateful for the indictment.

"Shooting an unarmed man 10 times can never be justified under these circumstances," the said. "We will persevere in our quest for justice for not just Jonathan, but all law abiding citizens. After all, what happened to him that night could happen to any of us."

Is Happening to us....

Hopefully Justice will be served.