27 November 201520 December 2022 4WardEverUK

After gag order modified, Jeremy Mardis documents released

source: Town Talk
published: 25 November 2015

Louisiana State Police released on Wednesday morning documents related to the arrests of two Marksville Ward 2 deputy marshals in the shooting death of 6-year-old Jeremy Mardis.

The documents, an initial report, warrants and booking sheets for suspects Norris Greenhouse Jr. and Derrick Stafford, were released after 12th Judicial District Judge William Bennett on Tuesday modified a gag order he’d issued weeks before in the cases of both men.

Both men face second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder charges in the death of Jeremy and the shooting of his father, Chris Few.

12 November 201520 December 2022 4WardEverUK

Louisiana police concede officers fired shots that killed six-year-old boy

source: The Guardian
published: 5 November 2015

State investigators conceded on Thursday that local police officers had fired the shots that killed a small boy in Marksville, Louisiana, and disavowed an earlier explanation for why the officers deployed their guns.

The boy, Jeremy Mardis, died on Tuesday night after police shot into a car driven by his father, Chris Few. On Thursday, Colonel Michael Edmonson, head of the Louisiana state police, denied earlier reports that Few had been reversing his car toward the officers, who then had to defend themselves. “No. I didn’t say that,” he told the Guardian. “That didn’t come from me.”

28 September 201520 December 2022 4WardEverUK

New concerns on the Tilson Gardens Police Shooting

source: London Campaign Against Police & State Violence
published: 23 September 2015

Since our last update on the incident on the 21st August, when the police shot a Brixton resident, there have been further reports in The Guardian and Daily Mirror.

Both papers named the victim as Nathaniel Brophy, a 34 year old mixed race man, and quoted remarks from his father Patrice Duval.

These reports raise new concerns:

The victim was surrendering

The police and IPCC had previously emphasised the claim that they found a “non police firearm” at the site, and used this to imply that Mr Brophy was threatening them, and had to be shot to prevent him doing harm.