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The shooting of Joseph Erin Hamley (February 3, 1985 – March 7, 2006) occurred on March 7, 2006. Hamley was an unarmed man who was fatally shot by Arkansas State Trooper Larry P. Norman of West Fork, Arkansas.〔(Officers Mistakenly Shoot Young Man With Disabilities As He Lay On His Back By Dave Reynolds, Inclusion Daily Express March 9, 2006 )〕 At 7 a.m. on March 7, 2006, Hamley, who suffered from cerebral palsy, was walking alone on highway 412 just outside the community of Tontitown along the Benton-Washington county line when several Washington County deputies surrounded him. Four minutes later, before being identified, and while lying on the ground, a shotgun slug fired by Norman, an Arkansas State Trooper breaking police protocol and procedure killed Hamley. The fatal shooting was recorded from multiple vantage points on dashboard cameras of the various police cruisers present. On April 13, 2006, Norman was indicted by a grand jury on a charge of negligent homicide.〔http://www.4029tv.com/news/8672122/detail.html〕 On June 28, 2007, Norman pled guilty to the charge and was sentenced to 90 days in jail, 30 days of community service, one year of probation and a $1,000 fine.〔http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2007/jun/28/former-trooper-sentenced-shooting-disabled-springd〕 Norman served 54 days of his jail sentence.〔http://www.todaysthv.com/print.aspx?storyid=51524〕 The Arkansas State Police settled a lawsuit on March 5, 2007 with the victim's family for one million dollars.〔(Dave Reynolds, Inclusion Daily Express )〕 Norman was later granted a full early medical retirement from the Arkansas State Police at the age of 40. ==Response from the Head of the Arkansas State Police== The Washington County Deputies and Arkansas State Troopers present at the scene remained silent concerning the shooting for the first three days, until the head of Arkansas State Police Col. Steve Dozier traveled to Springdale, Arkansas on March 10, 2006 to give a rare press conference. Dozier stated that he wanted to "reassure the public that a thorough investigation was under way" into the shooting that left a 21-year-old disabled man dead.〔( Arkansas News March 10, 2006 )〕 The director of Arkansas State Police addressed the media on the fatal police shooting with members of the Joseph Erin Hamley family in attendance. Col. Steve Dozier stated that the Arkansas State Trooper Larry Norman "'likely had memories of a recent police killing' when he shot and killed a mentally handicapped man mistaken for a Michigan 'jail escapee' known to be in the area.〔(The Argus-Press Owosso, Michigan Sat, March 11, 2006 )〕” Dozier said officers likely remembered Gassville policeman Jim Sell, who was shot and killed Feb. 4, by a teenager (Jacob D. Robida) wanted in a hatchet-and-gun attack on a Massachusetts gay bar. "We also feel like, in the back of these officers' minds, was the Mountain Home incident,〔" Dozier said. Dozier stated, "Hamley was built like, and looked like, Leadford.〔” He stated that "the officers ordered Hamley to lie down, and Hamley instead responded by putting his hands in his pockets and taking them out.” Hamley "began moving in a manner that these officers, at that point, interpreted as movement toward a weapon that they thought was likely concealed in his waist" stated Col. Steve Dozier. When Joseph Erin Hamley's family started to ask questions concerning the length of time Larry Norman had been at the scene and if Joseph was asked his identity, officers at the news conference deflected the questions saying there would be a more appropriate time to discuss the matter with the Hamley family. Head of Arkansas State Police Col. Steve Dozier resigned at the end of May, 2007 stating he was stepping down to go to work as vice president of corporate services for Wal-Mart Stores Inc.〔(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Political Columnist, Pat Lynch May, 4, 2007 )〕 He retired one month before the final sentencing of Arkansas State Trooper Larry Norman for negligent homicide and the release of the Benton County special grand jury report with the police cruiser dash camera videos that followed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Erin Hamley shooting incident」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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