Trial of police officer accused of shooting a black man in the back despite him having his hands up begins
Lyndo Jones was shot in the back by former Mesquite officer Derick Wiley even after the former had his hands in the air and was begging the cop to not shoot him
The trial against former Mesquite officer Derick Wiley for the shooting of a Dallas-area black man who was mistaken for a thief as he was entering his own truck is now underway. Prosecutor Bryan Mitchell informed the jurors that the cop fired at his client, Lyndo Jones, even after he had his hands in the air and was begging not to be shot.
According to CBS News, following the incident on November 8, Wiley was subsequently charged with aggravated assault and fired from the police department over use-of-force violations. Jones had filed a lawsuit against the cop in January claiming that his recovery had been "fraught with multiple returns to the emergency room."