Here is a look at other cases involving officers charged in the deaths of black men. A grand jury declined to indict Darren Wilson, the white officer who shot him. MICHAEL BROWNThe 18-year-old black man was shot and killed in August 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. ___ERIC GARNERThe 43-year-old black man died in July 2014 in New York City after a white officer placed him in a chokehold during an arrest for selling loose cigarettes. Jones, who was black, carried a gun and had a concealed weapons permit because he feared being robbed of his musical equipment.
Source: New Zealand Herald July 27, 2016 15:56 UTC