Former Columbus police officer Adam Coy is seen remotely on television during his initial appearance on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, at the Franklin County Common Pleas Courthouse in Columbus, Ohio. Coy was arraigned on four charges in the December 2020 police shooting death of Andre Hill, a Black man. Coy was charged with one count of murder, one count of felonious assault, and two counts of dereliction of duty, one of which was for failure to render aid to Hill after he was shot. His bond was set at $3.3 million. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP) Friday, February 5, 2021 5:26 PM EST By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, AP
Ohio officer charged in fatal shooting of Andre Hill
People protesting Andre Hill s death in Colombus, Ohio, in December 2020. Photo: Stephen Zenner/AFP via Getty Images
An Ohio police office was charged with murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting of Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man, in Columbus, last December, AP reports.
Why it matters: Columbus Police Officer Adam Coy s indictment by a Franklin County grand jury followed an investigation by the Ohio Attorney General’s office. Coy, who is white, also faces charges of dereliction of duty for failing to use his body camera and for not telling another officer he believed Hill presented a danger.
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