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Ohio Officer Who Killed Andre Hill Within Seconds of Encounter Following Non-Emergency Call Fired
The Columbus, Ohio, police officer who last week fatally shot Andre Hill, a 47-year-old unarmed Black man, was fired on Monday, Dec. 28.
Columbus Safety Director Ned Pettus Jr. said he would uphold Chief Thomas Quinlan’s recommendation that 44-year-old Adam Coy, a 19-year-veteran with the Columbus Division of Police, be terminated.
Following a Monday morning hearing on the matter which Coy reportedly did not attend Pettus said that “known facts do not establish that this use of deadly force was objectively reasonable.”
Columbus officer Adam Coy was fired Monday after fatally shooting Andre Hill last week. Photo: Archive photo/Yahoo
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The Rev. Abby Auman, the Mahoning Valley United Methodist Churches organizationâs district superintendent, makes her feelings known about the police killing of two black men in the Columbus area, during a vigil Sunday afternoon on the Mahoning County Courthouse steps.
YOUNGSTOWN Systemic racism and the continued unjustified killing of black men by white police officers still tear at the fabric of society, but the difference people of goodwill can make begins with speaking against both, several students say.
“When you see a wrongdoing and do nothing about it, you’re being a silent witness,” Lekeila Houser, a Youngstown State University senior and Mahoning Valley Sojourn to the Past member, said. “These men were wrongfully killed by those who are supposed to protect us.”