Witnesses: Police lacked cause to kill suspect

[rinsd]

Witnesses: Police lacked cause to kill suspect
'He didn't deserve to be shot. He wasn't any kind of threat.'

By LEE WILLIAMS, The News Journal

Posted Thursday, March 22, 2007

"The 25-year-old man shot to death last week by a Wilmington officer never threatened police, according to five witnesses working nearby and a sixth witness standing next to the victim when the confrontation began.

Derek J. Hale, a U.S. Marine who served two tours in Iraq, died on the front steps at 1403 W. Sixth St. after a Wilmington police officer fired three .40-caliber rounds into his chest. He was killed after receiving multiple shocks from electronic Tasers.

"He didn't deserve to be shot. He wasn't any kind of threat," said Fred Mixson, 53, a contractor working in the home next door who watched the shooting unfold from across the narrow street. From the initial confrontation with police to the fatal shooting, only two to three minutes elapsed, witnesses said.

Four members of Mixson's work crew witnessed the shooting from a variety of angles and distances, although Mixson was the only one interviewed by investigators after the shooting and the only one willing to allow his name to be used for this article"

More at link

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061115/NEWS/103220008

[High Plains]

1. Hmm, this isn't from a rightwing gun nut blog.

Police use of unnecessary lethal force is a real problem in this country.

When people ask how people can hate the cops, a lot of it is about this kind of thing.

[rinsd]

2. Kick for Police Brutality discussion

[ms liberty]

3. K&R n/t