Ex-Ohio police officer convicted in murder of unarmed Black man

5/11/2024 6:11

        A former Ohio police
        officer was convicted of murder by a jury on Monday for fatally
        shooting Andre Hill, an unarmed Black man.
        
        Adam Coy, a white man and nearly 20-year veteran of the
        Columbus police force, killed Hill, 47, responding to a
        non-emergency nuisance call about car noise in December 2020.
        
        The jury in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas case
        deliberated for about two and a half days.
        
        Footage from Coy's body-worn camera showed Hill emerging
        from the shadows of the garage holding up a glowing cell phone
        in one hand before Coy opened fire. Hill died a short time later
        at a hospital.
        
        During the course of 2020, there were nationwide anti-racism
        protests against police brutality that peaked following the
        killing of George Floyd, a Black man who died after a police
        officer knelt on his neck for over nine minutes in Minneapolis.
        
        Coy, who is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 25, had told
        jurors that he thought Hill was holding a revolver.