JACKSON, Miss. — Three former Jackson Police Department officers were indicted by a grand jury last week on homicide charges in the death of Keith Murriel, a Mississippi man who died in police custody on Dec. 31, 2022.
Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens, II, announced the charges against former officers Kenya McCarty, Avery Willis and James Land in a press conference on Wednesday.
Daryl Washington, an attorney representing the family of Murriel, told ABC News in a statement on Thursday that the indictment brings"a level of comfort" to the family. The city of Jackson released body camera footage of the incident on Wednesday that was reviewed by ABC News and shows officers tasing Murriel several times as they try to handcuff him. Murriel can be heard repeatedly urging the officers to stop.
Jackson City Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, who urged the MBI to release the video earlier this year, told reporters that the video is"voluminous" and is made up of footage from various officers' cameras, as well as camera footage from the surrounding area that captured Murriel's encounter with police.
"We strive at the Jackson Police Department to create community trust. When we fail, we create community distrust," Wade said, urging the community to continue to support the officers who"put their lives on the line every day."
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