them to decide on an indictment or not? you know, it baffles me, reverend al. i mean, everyone knows what happened here. we have 12 shots, ten at a downward ainge into jonathan ferrell who is unarmed, who has commit nod crime, who is looking for help after being injured in an accident. it s very clear that this is cold-blooded murder. the only question is why is it taking so long for us to have a criminal trial. negative, the lawsuit states that officers can use force when, quote, the individual to be subdued is engaged in aggravated active aggression. correct. that are likely to result in the death or serious bodily injury to an officer. ms. georgia ferrell, does that describe your son, someone like that? not at all. not at all. tell us about jonathan. jonathan was a very gentle young man. he obeyed the law. jonathan never got in trouble. outside of the home or at home. jonathan was a very caring
murderer could be hired and this is an animal control officer who was suspended in his first year of employment at the police department. so we want to know how it was that he was hired at charlotte-mecklenburg police department. we want to know how there were 179 incidents in a two-year span of injuries for arrest or attempted arrest at the charlotte-mecklenburg police department. there is a policy and practice here, and we need answer because the citizens depend on it. you have seen a tape that they will not release from the dash cam video. what son the tape? murder. murder. it illustrates the fact that this officer at no time was under threat. as highlighted by the fact that he is flanked by two other officers who never fire one shot. but you hear it s the succession of the shots, reverend, al that is so con have i beening of him. it is one, two, three, four, pause. one, two, three, four, five, six pause. one, two. that s two pauses, two times, two opportunities to stop. all the
person. he loved everyone. and reverendal al, that s why we want the video released. if you see the video, it is very telling that this is cold-blooded murder, that he was not an aggressor, that he possess nod threat to officer kerrick. officer kerrick just killed him. officer kerrick s attorney had no comment about the civil lawsuit, but he did say this about the criminal case, and i m quoting, we re confident at the resolution of this case it will be found that officer kerrick s actions will be found justified on the night in question. what do you feel than as your brother is the victim here and you re sitting there with your mother, will? first of all, i hate that the situation had to occur the way that it did. and i don t we really want this stuff to take place so no other parent or family have to deal with the situation that our family has had to deal with at the time. and we would really hate for another child or innocent person to have to deal with the danger
report are downward and at an angle. he was shooting down. this man pose nod threat to him. this was a man looking for help. and then after he was mortally wounded, they handcuffed him while he was on the ground? reverend al, the epitome of barbaric inhumanity was the fact that the medical examiner had to remove the handcuffs from this young man s hands. they handcuffed him after he was dead, shot ten times. handcuffed. georgia ferrell, what do you say to people around the country that are watching you tonight as you stand and ask for justice for your son, saying you are forgiving, but you want justice. what do you want the say to america tonight? i want full justice, and i pray that no one else in america, anywhere else have to have their child brutally murdered the way jonathan was. jonathan was one of the best people you could meet. georgia and willie ferrell, i want to thank you both. and again, you have our condolences and in my prayers.