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 Kerrick in Charlotte, North Carolina. Kerrick was charged with voluntary manslaughter.
Video Shooting of Jonathan Ferrell
Shooting
Ferrell was unarmed at the time he was shot. 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. Ferrell then ran towards them, whereupon one of the officers fired a taser at Ferrell and missed. Kerrick then opened fire on Ferrell, shooting him twelve times and killing him.
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.
Maps Shooting of Jonathan Ferrell
Legal proceedings
The day following the shooting, 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. On January 27, a second grand jury did indict Kerrick on a voluntary manslaughter charge. 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. The Attorney General of North Carolina, Roy Cooper, said that the state would not re-try Kerrick.
On May 14, 2015, the city of Charlotte settled a separate lawsuit with Ferrell's family for $2.25 million.
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.
On October 2, 2015, Kerrick resigned from the police force.
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