Uuaji wa Rekia Boyd

Kifo kupitia afisa wa polisi mwaka 2012

Rekia Boyd alikuwa mwanamke Mmarekani mweusi mwenye umri wa miaka 22 ambaye aliuawa mnamo Machi 21, 2012 huko Chicago, Illinois, kwa kupigwa risasi na Dante Servin, mpelelezi wa polisi wa Kihispania ambaye hakuwa kazini.[1][2]

Servin, afisa wa polisi ambaye hakuwa kazini, aliendesha gari lake hadi Douglass Park kwenye Upande wa Magharibi wa Chicago baada ya kuwaita polisi kufanya malalamiko ya kelele. [3] Kisha akakaribia kundi la watu wanne waliokuwa wakishiriki sherehe katika bustani [3][4] na wakawa na aina fulani ya mabishano ya matusi kati yao.[3][4] Ripoti hazieleweki kama Servin alikuwa mtulivu na mstaarabu au mkorofi na mchokozi. Mmoja wa waathiriwa, Antonio Cross, alimshutumu Servin kwa kujaribu kununua dawa za kulevya kutoka kwa kikundi hicho, ambapo Cross inadaiwa alimwambia Servin amtoe "punda wake wa kichwa" hapo. [3]

Servin alifyatua risasi kundini, akimpiga Rekia Boyd kichwani, na Antonio Cross mkononi. Hapo awali idara ya polisi ya Chicago ilidai kwamba Servin alikuwa ametoa silaha yake baada ya Cross kumkaribia akiwa na bunduki. [5] Familia ya Boyd ilijibu haraka kwamba kifaa hicho kwa hakika kilikuwa simu ya mkononi.[6]Hakuna silaha iliyowahi kupatikana kwenye eneo la tukio. [4]

Marejeo

hariri
  1. "Cop Who Killed Rekia Boyd Out of 'Fear' Found Not Guilty on All Counts". Jezebel (kwa American English). Iliwekwa mnamo 2022-04-16.
  2. "Judge finds Chicago police officer not guilty in fatal shooting", Reuters (kwa Kiingereza), 2015-04-21, iliwekwa mnamo 2022-04-16
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Annie Sweeney. "Inside the failed prosecution of Chicago Detective Dante Servin". chicagotribune.com. Iliwekwa mnamo 2022-04-16.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sasha Goldstein. "Chicago cop charged with killing unarmed young woman during off-duty confrontation". nydailynews.com. Iliwekwa mnamo 2022-04-16.
  5. By Rosemary Sobol. "Cops: Off-duty Chicago detective shoots couple". chicagotribune.com. Iliwekwa mnamo 2022-04-16.
  6. "WATCH: Residents Outraged After Cop Shoots, Kills Unarmed Woman". HuffPost (kwa Kiingereza). 2012-03-28. Iliwekwa mnamo 2022-04-16.