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February 17, 2010

La. Jury Acquits White Officers in Killing of 73-Year-Old African American
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Meanwhile in Louisiana, the Southern Poverty Law Center has filed a
wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the family of a
seventy-three-year-old African American man killed by police in the town
of Homer one year ago. Bernard Monroe was shot seven times in his front
yard by a white police officer who claimed Monroe was carrying a gun.
Several witnesses say Monroe only had a water bottle and accused the
officers of placing a gun next to his body. Monroe had been left mute
after suffering from throat cancer. Earlier this month, a jury acquitted
the officers of Monroe’s murder.



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