Wife of late rugby player Lindani Myeni who was shot in the US says she won’t give up until justice is served. Image via Facebook/ Lindsay Myeni
Lindsay Myeni not giving up on quest for justice
Wife of late rugby player Lindani Myeni who was shot in the US says she won’t give up until justice is served.
Wife of late rugby player Lindani Myeni who was shot in the US says she won’t give up until justice is served. Image via Facebook/ Lindsay Myeni
The widow of slain rugby player Lindani Myeni is prepared to go to the ends of earth to ensure that her late husband, gunned down by the US police officers in April 2021, gets justice.
Myeni was shot dead by the Hawaii police.
Sunday World reported that Myeni was shot dead when he entered a neighbour’s home. The neighbour reacted by calling the police and reported housebreaking.
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Unedited doorbell footage emerged which shows Myeni calm and composed.
However, the three police officers who were responding to the incident were said to have acted out of defence.
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Since the tragic events, Lindsay and her children have fled their birthplace fearing for their lives. She is now seeking permanent residency in South Africa.
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Lindsay said she is now pinning her last hopes on a civil claim matter scheduled for September, where family have filed for wrongful death claim.
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She claimed police were motivated by racial discrimination in their act and had mistaken the house to a nearby Hare Krishna temple that is open to the public.
In an exclusive interview with eNCA, Myeni family lawyer, James Bickerton said that the couple testified that the Myeni never came closer than one to two metres and made no physical contact.
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Honolulu prosecuting attorney Steve Alm refuted those claim and used Hawaii’s multiracial societies as his standing point.
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“In some communities, you do have the police are of one race, generally, and the people they are policing are of another race. And we don’t have that in Hawai‘i … police officers live among us,” Alm said.
