Honolulu stands by officers involved in Myeni shooting
City prosecutor justifies shooting of Lindani Myeni, with no charges to be filed on police officers involved
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FAMILY and friends of Lindani Myeni were dealt a bitter blow yesterday (Wednesday) after Honolulu City Prosecutor Steve Alm declared the shooting justified.
In an hour-long news conference, Alm detailed why the months-long investigation by his office reached this conclusion.
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He further announced that no charges would be brought against the officers involved in the shooting.
‘I bumped my head, backed into a car, took my sick babies to the hospital, and the officers who murdered my husband got off with no criminal charges’, said Lindsay Myeni.
‘This marks one of the lowest days in my life.’
‘Regardless of these painful trials, everything is going to be okay eventually.’
During the press conference, Alm used a PowerPoint presentation and the police bodycam footage to show what happened before, during and after the shooting.
He used this evidence to make his point that the officers had no choice but to fatally shoot Myeni after multiple failed attempts to subdue him using other means.
Alm stated that this was not a hate crime. He supported the officers by stating that they used self defence against a man who was physically bigger and stronger than them.
Among the key details highlighted from the PowerPoint presentation were:
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