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clip showed Indianola Officer Greg Capers arriving at the home
of Aderrien Murry early one morning last May, after the
11-year-old called police to his home because his father was
threatening his mother.
It also showed the moment Capers shot the unarmed boy in the
chest, just as the boy entered the room and put his hands up.
Murry survived but suffered extensive injuries and had to
undergo costly medical treatment.
A grand jury opted not to indict Capers in December, finding
that he had no criminal intent when he shot Murry. The Murrys
also filed a civil lawsuit in May against Capers, the city of
Indianola, and its police chief, seeking $5 million in damages
for Capers' alleged "reckless disregard" for the Murrys' rights
and safety.
Murry's mother and her attorney were allowed to view body-camera
footage of the shooting in December, but they were prohibited
from publicly releasing the video.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation did not immediately
respond on Sunday to a request for the body-camera footage of
the shooting.
"The City of Indianola fought hard to prevent the release of the
body camera footage of Officer Greg Capers shooting my unarmed
client," wrote Murry's lawyer, Carlos Moore, in a post on the
social media platform X on Saturday.
"I guess they forgot that the MBI investigation was over and
that the media outlets could get it."
The Indianola Police Department has referred requests for
comment on the case to the Mississippi Attorney General's
Office, which has said it will not take further criminal action
in the matter after the grand jury's decision.
(Reporting by Julia Harte; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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