Tears and anger at funeral of 'police chokehold victim' Jonathan Sanders [View all]

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‘We have a bad history with the police here … Believe and trust me: we have a problem here’ says mourner at service for Mississippi African American man. Mourners packed into a church here on Saturday morning, to grieve the loss of Jonathan Sanders and to grapple with the circumstances of his death.


“Everything’s fucked up right now. My kids are scared to death,” he said. “That cop didn’t look dangerous either. He’s supposed to protect and serve. And look what happened.”

According to the Sanders family’s attorneys, witnesses to his death give a unified account of what happened that night. At about 10pm Sanders took his horse, Diva, out for exercise. It’s common here to wait until the heat of the day has dissipated before taking horses out.

Riding in a buggy drawn by the horse and wearing a headlamp on his forehead, witnesses say, Sanders passed a fuel station where a Stonewall policeman, Herrington, was talking to another man. From his buggy, Sanders told the officer to leave the man alone, before continuing on his way.

According to Sanders family attorneys, Herrington said: “I’m going to get that nigger.” He then followed Sanders.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/18/funeral-police-chokehold-victim-jonathan-sanders-mississippi

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