Attorneys: Mississippi Cop Kevin Herrington Said 'I'm Gonna Get That N****r' Before Fatal Chokehold

[ghostsinthemachine]

When Jonathan Sanders, an unarmed black man, died last week in Mississippi while in police custody, it was a racially motivated killing, attorneys representing the victim's family claimed Tuesday.

Officials handling the case either could not be reached for comment or declined to speak, citing the pending investigation.

Sanders, 39, a resident of Stonewall, Mississippi, died last Wednesday after allegedly being placed in a chokehold by Officer Kevin Herrington, attorneys C.J. Lawrence and Chokwe Lumumba told The Huffington Post on Tuesday.

Sanders, who trained horses and was often seen riding around in a horse-drawn buggy, was at a gas station with one of his animals at about 10 p.m. Wednesday when he saw an altercation between Herrington and another white man, whom Sanders knew. According to Lawrence, Sanders approached them and asked Herrington to leave the other man alone.

MORE: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/14/kevin-herrington-mississippi-cop_n_7796614.html

[randys1]

1. Sue him and whoever employs him out of existence

[Logical]

2. Civil Right Murder, no doubt about it. But I bet the cop gets off. Typical. nt

[Hepburn]

3. OMG.......!!!

It takes a ton to shock me, but this did...!!!

[uponit7771]

4. so sad to have so many of the KKK as LEOs

[polly7]

5. Unbelievable.

And that it's happened to so many is just horrific. Can't something be done on a national level to stop this? So many black men's lives just ended like this, for no reason. It's got to have come to the attention of the federal gov't??

[malaise]

7. There's a reason believe me

Racism

[polly7]

8. Yes. And how sad.

Our First Nations women had to be kidnapped and murdered for decades before it finally became an 'issue' for the Federal Gov't, and leaders are still being frustrated in their talks, ie.: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/first-nations-frustrated-after-roundtable-talks-on-missing-murdered-women-1.2259077 But, at least there is an effort by the gov't, after finally admitting the reality of the horrendous problems, to sit down and try to come up with some improvements.

I just don't understand why yours down there isn't taking this more seriously, and meeting with leaders to try to solve at least the very obvious profiling and police mistreatment of black people. Or maybe they do ... I don't really know. It just seems that with so much evidence and people killed day/week after week, it would get a LOT more attention. Clearly, it is racism with apparently no limitations - it just breaks your heart to see these videos. Someone very high up needs to do something!

[CrispyQ]

6. The cop should be charged with murder.

Instead, he'll probably get time off with pay.

...it only took three minutes for Staten Island man Eric Garner to die in a chokehold in a widely publicized case last summer, Sanders was allegedly placed in a chokehold for more than 20 minutes before EMTs arrived.

Sanders was dead by the time help arrived, the attorneys said.