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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOfficers Will Be Tried for Murder Over Infamous Death of Albuquerque Homeless Man
Officers Will Be Tried for Murder Over Infamous Death of Albuquerque Homeless Man
A judge has ordered a trial in the case of two Albuquerque police officers who shot and killed a homeless, mentally ill man after a standoff in March 2014, the AP reports. Officers Dominique Perez and Keith Sandy were part of a group that was removing James Boyd, 38, from a foothills campsite he'd made for himself; in a widely circulated video of the incident, police shout at Boyd to get on the ground and then shoot him in the back and arms as he turns away from them. He's believed to have been holding two knives during the incident:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/08/18/albuquerque_homeless_man_shooting_murder_trial_for_police_in_james_boyd.html
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Officers Will Be Tried for Murder Over Infamous Death of Albuquerque Homeless Man (Original Post)
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2015
OP
This was a preliminary hearing held in public, as opposed to a closed grand jury.
Dont call me Shirley
Aug 2015
#12
The Cops are having a fit, now they will be held accountable for illegal actions.
Dont call me Shirley
Aug 2015
#11
Suich
(10,642 posts)1. Good!
GGJohn
(9,951 posts)2. Excellent news!!!!
This shooting was a murder and totally uncalled for.
Maybe the tide is finally turning and rogue cops are being held responsible for their actions.
onecaliberal
(36,594 posts)3. Good news.
chloes1
(88 posts)4. The tide will
turn when officers are found guilty of murder, not before. If they are found "not guilty", depending on their union, they could get their jobs back.
damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)5. Should be an open and shut case
Murder plain and simple.
burrowowl
(18,494 posts)6. Good!
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)7. Good!
That was an awful case.
newfie11
(8,159 posts)8. About time
Hope they get life with no parole!!
Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)9. Good- that video showed they were way out of line
Taitertots
(7,745 posts)10. Why did the judge order the case instead of the prosecuting attorney?
Will the DA be charged as a accessory after the fact?
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)12. This was a preliminary hearing held in public, as opposed to a closed grand jury.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)11. The Cops are having a fit, now they will be held accountable for illegal actions.
bad cops, bad cops what you gonna do
what you gonna do when the law comes for you
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)13. where is that song from? it's familiar but from where?