“We expected to at least have a couple of days or so to prepare ourselves,” he said. Some family members saw the footage for the first time in news reports. Washington said city officials did not give them enough time to view the footage before it was released to the public. Murriel’s family has filed a civil lawsuit against the officers. The footage showed then-officers Avery Willis, Kenya McCarty and James Land struggling to handcuff Murriel as he was stunned numerous times for over 10 minutes. The officers had tackled Murriel while arresting him for allegedly trespassing at a hotel after they asked him to leave the building’s parking lot. The city released hours of body-camera footage detailing the encounter, which The Associated Press reviewed. Officials in the state capital of Jackson announced Wednesday that a Mississippi grand jury had indicted two former police officers on murder charges and another ex-officer on a manslaughter charge in the death of Keith Murriel, who is seen on video being pinned down and repeatedly shocked with stun guns during a New Year’s Eve arrest. (AP) - Three former police officers who were indicted by a Mississippi grand jury joked around about a Black man who died in their custody, with one of them questioning whether to call an ambulance for the man immediately, body-camera footage shows.
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