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obituario/u.s. news Diaranson 16 Juni 2021

Video shows man apologized before Honolulu police shot him

(AP) — Doorbell cam-
era video obtained and
made public by lawyers
representing the family
of a man fatally shot two
months ago by Honolu-
lu police provides more
information about the
events that unfolded be-
fore the deadly encounter
with officers.

The footage shows that he
arrived at a house, took off
his shoes, entered the home
and then quickly left after his
presence confused the occu-
pants. He repeatedly apolo-
gized.

After police killed Lindani
Myeni in April, his widow
filed a wrongful death lawsuit
alleging officers were moti-
vated by racial discrimination
because her unarmed South
African husband was Black.

The shooting happened three
months after Lindani and
Lindsay Myeni moved to Ha-
waii, where she grew up. The
couple believed Hawaii’s
diversity would make it the
safest U.S. state to raise their
two Black children, she said.

After the April 14 shooting,
police said Lindani Myeni’s
strange behavior frightened
the occupants and that he
violently attacked responding mands to get on the ground Police and city officials didn’t in the lawsuit, the man and tells someone calmly that
police officers, leaving one outside the house he entered, immediately respond to a re- woman were tourists staying Myeni apologized and left.
hospitalized with a concus- a stun gun fired by police ei- quest for comment Tuesday in the multi-unit dwelling, The woman, still on with
sion. ther malfunctioning or hav- after the widow’s lawyers the lawyers said. 911, sounds upset.
ing no effect on him. The released the video. Now-
Police later released short police video showed that an retired chief Susan Ballard The footage shows My- When police arrive, she is
clips of body camera footage, officer fired several gunshots previously said that Myeni’s eni walking into the home, heard yelling, “That’s him!”
showing him ignoring com- before saying, “Police!” race wasn’t a factor in the fa- wearing a face mask and his
tal shooting. umqhele, a traditional Zulu “Get on the ground now,”
headband. one officer is heard saying.
A statement from the lawyers
who released the video said He is later seen standing out- “Who are you?” Myeni re-
Honolulu police “tried to side the house, his phone and sponds.
convince the public that this headband in his left hand.
was a burglary and that Lin- He would not have known
dani Myeni was acting errati- According to the lawyers, the people shining bright

cally; but the doorbell video the woman in the home pre- lights in his eyes were police,
“Achter elke traan van verdriet, schuilt een glimlach van we have now obtained from tended to make a phone call the family’s lawsuit said. He
herinneringen.” the owner shows that HPD while Myeni was outside say- likely mistook the house for a
knew all along these stories ing someone had broken into similar looking dwelling that

Op 10 juni 2021 is overleden onze Moeder, Grootmoeder were untrue.” her home. houses a temple next door
that’s open to the public, the
en Zus
The statement added: “We She then called 911 and told lawsuit said.
have also compelled the City an operator about the man
Glenda Dennert
to turn over unredacted body and and that he had no weap- The footage, along with a re-
cam footage in its original ons in his hands. cording of the 911 call pre-
Condoleance zal plaatsvinden op zaterdag 19 juni 2021 format, producing much bet- viously released by police, is

van 9 uur tot 11:00 bij Aurora Funeral Home. ter quality audio and images Myeni is heard in the video posted on YouTube by Justice
for Lindani Myeni.
than the version that HPD outside the home saying re-
André, Pamela
Ingrid en Alexandra
en familie Maryse, Patrick en Kyra played for the press on April peatedly, “I’m sorry.” He puts

his shoes on and leaves, the The lawyers said they were
16, 2021.”
footage shows. still evaluating full, unredact-
The doorbell footage shows ed body camera footage for
In plaats van bloemen a.u.b. een donatie aan het Wilhelmina
Kankerfonds. that Myeni arrived at the Meanwhile, the couple’s the period after the shooting.
Gelieve geen rouwbeklag aan huis. house soon after a couple voices recorded on the video
entered the home that night. make it sound like they are
According to depositions still on phone calls. The man