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Unarmed Mississippi man died after 20-minute police chokehold, witnesses say | US news | The Guardian

16.7.15

Unarmed Mississippi man died after 20-minute police chokehold, witnesses say | US news | The Guardian: According to the attorneys, one witness alleged that Herrington said he was “going to get that nigger” seconds before confronting Sanders in Stonewall on the night of 8 July, and several said the officer was the aggressor. Police have described the encounter as “a fight”.

“We believe there is probable cause for a prosecution,” the attorney Lawrence said in an interview on Wednesday. “A determination should now be made by a jury at an open trial as to whether officer Herrington had any justification for choking Jonathan Sanders to death.”


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