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Wednesday
17Nov

Grand jury to get Monroe police shooting case - Black Man Killed by Cops

DateWednesday, November 17, 2004 at 03:48PM

  • Witnesses Contradict Police Account
A grand jury will study the shooting death of a man by Monroe police next month, a prosecutor says. William Mack Henderson, 58, died Aug. 22 during a confrontation with police. Officers said Henderson refused to drop a knife and chain and lunged at an officer. Henderson was shot an undisclosed number of times. District Attorney Jerry Jones said he received a 1,000-page report Wednesday from state police. Jones said he plans to present the case to a grand jury during the first two weeks of December. At least two people claiming to have witnessed the shooting contradicted the police department's account. Officials involved in the probe have not verified or discredited those statements. Jones said the state police investigation would not be made public before the grand jury meets. [more]
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This whole thing is a lie. You weren't there so don't just assume that just because the cops were white that they shot him because he was black. Learn your facts before you start printing junk like this.
June 15, 2005 | Unregistered CommenterMary
Gotta agree with the guy above. As much as racism pisses me off this type of stuff doesn't indicate racism... If the person with the knife was white would anyone even think twice about this?

Honestly if she felt she was in danger she had every right to shoot >_>
February 23, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterSchoulayer

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