Jonathan Ferrell

MUST LISTEN: Roland Martin talks with Chris Chestnut, the attorney representing Jonathan Ferrell’s family, about the grand jury’s decision to not indict Randall Kerrick. CHARLOTTE (AP)- A grand jury has declined to indict a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer on a voluntary manslaughter charge in the shooting death of a former Florida A&M football player. Randall Kerrick […]

Prosecutors will seek an indictment against Randall Kerrick, 27, the North Carolina police officer accused of fatally shooting Jonathan Ferrell, 24, who was unarmed when…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hours after a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer fatally shot an unarmed man, the department made a rare move: It charged the officer with voluntary manslaughter. Most police departments, including Charlotte, usually take weeks — sometimes months — to complete an investigation of a police shooting. But the decision to quickly charge Randall […]

Friends and family gathered in two states Saturday afternoon to say their final farewells to 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell, the former Florida A&M football player shot…

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Sybil Wilkes discusses today’s news headlines including the latest on Jonathan Ferrell’s killing.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina police officer accused of shooting and killing an unarmed man who had apparently been in an automobile wreck was scheduled to appear in court Monday to face a voluntary manslaughter charge. Jonathan A. Ferrell, 24, a former Florida A&M University football player, was killed early Saturday. He had […]