July 2, 2021
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(HONOLULU) Three Honolulu police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Lindani Myeni, an unarmed South African rugby player, will not face criminal charges, according to the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney.
Honolulu prosecuting attorney Steven S. Alm announced Wednesday that the officers were justified in using deadly force because Myeni, who is Black, refused to comply and attacked the officers. Alm did not name the officers involved in the shooting.
Myeni, who had recently moved to Hawaii with his wife and two young children, was fatally shot on April 14 by Honolulu police who were responding to 911 calls after he apparently accidentally entered a neighbor’s home. According to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by his widow, Lindsay Myeni, her husband may have confused the home he entered for a next-door public temple.
No Charges for Honolulu Police Officers Who Fatally Shot South African Man
The death of Lindani Myeni became a cause célèbre in South Africa, intensifying criticism there of racism in the United States and a feeling of solidarity with African Americans.
Lindani Myeni on a beach in Hawaii with his wife and two children.Credit.Bickerton Law Group, via Associated Press
July 1, 2021
Three Honolulu police officers will not face criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a South African rugby player whose death became a cause célèbre in South Africa and intensified criticism there of police killings of Black people in the United States, prosecutors said this week.
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