A black father killed a police officer after having persecuted his son in a police. People donated tens of thousands of dollars to his cause

TAfter being killed by the Cincinnati police day after learning his 18-year-old son, Rodney Hinton Jr. sat down with his family to observe the Lody CAM film material of the last moments of the teenager. Hinton was too disturbed to see it in full and left the police station before the video ended.

A few hours later, according to the prosecutors, he drove to Officer Larry Henderson at high speed at high speed, who led the final traffic at an intersection and killed him. Henderson, a 57-year-old father of five years, had retired last December after over three decades as the deputy of a sheriff of the Hamilton County, but occasionally returned to the special duty. He had nothing to do with the death of the teenager and just seems to have been selected because he was a police officer.

In the weeks, since Hinton carried out the car attack, he has attracted thousands of supporters online, fan changes in his court appearances have become viral with millions of views, and almost 100,000 US dollars were donated to support his defense and family. The Hinton defenders tried to put his actions in the context of institutional police violence against blacks.

“Many African Americans are enough for the police to kill black people without recourse or without punishment” The independent.

Some say they understood how the pain of losing a son by the police, Hinton could have obtained how he did. Others compare it with the alleged murder of a health leader by Luigi Mangione, which is often portrayed as a cult field that stood against the health insurance industry.

Hinton's “Actions were received and accepted by many people because they can identify and relate his experiences, and they believe that they can understand why he did what he did because they did the same under similar circumstances,” added Bennett.

Hinton is faced with the possibility of the death penalty if he is convicted of two cases for serious murder of the retired MPs. Bennett said his client intended not to be guilty because of madness and to explain that the video of the death of his son triggered a psychiatric episode.

“I have to prove the medical documents – he was not in his right mental framework when he committed the action he did. He didn't understand the lupility of his behavior due to his intellectual illness. I think he was crazy at the time,” said Bennett.

The examination of Ryan Hinton's police sponsor continues.

Police body shots of May 2 in the district of East Price Hill in Cincinnati show officials who are parked in a stolen vehicle in a dead end, and four men who run out of the vehicle.

A man who was later identified as Ryan Hinton is eliminated by two dumpstains and the officers. One of the officers calls: “He has a weapon!” several times. Another officer opens the fire and continues to shoot when Hinton runs past him.

If you are Team Luigi Mangione, you should also be Team Rodney Hinton Jr. Both men were pushed to the edge by violent systems

Leslie Vargas, writes for Afropunk

The police later showed photos of a invited weapon, of which they said Hinton held. A forensic doctor said that the round that Hinton had probably killed entered just below his armpit, bounced off a rib, beat his heart and left the front through his chest.

The chief of police of Cincinnati, Teresa Theetge, defended the official who fired the shots.

“Because of the officer's interviews, the officer said who relieved his firearm [the gun] was directed at the officer and felt threatened for his life. And that's why he released his firearm, “said Theetge.

The day after the shootout, Hinton and the rest of Ryan Hinton's family were invited to the police station to observe the film material of the incident.

Theetge met with the family at 9:30 a.m. to check the film material. After only 20 minutes, Hinton was “so angry that he left the building” press conference.

Hinton's family worried about his mental state after seeing the film material.

Shortly after 1 p.m., Hinton drove onto a middle lane and saw a hill down on which Henderson, a Marine veteran, led the traffic at a crossing for the spring final celebration of the University of Cincinnati. Henderson stood directly from the street under a tree to get shadows.

According to Polleich, Hinton then went into traffic traces “drives the vehicle” and drove directly to Henderson and hit him.

“He never deviates from the course, he never slows down,” she said.

Hinton appeared the day after his indictment. The courtroom was full of local police officers together with a considerable number of family members of Hinton Jr.

Soon afterwards, videos of this appearance appeared in Tiktok and other social media. A video that liked more than 412,000 times showed a slow -motion clip from Hinton, who passed Sam Cookes civil rights anthem “A change will come” at a long series of police officers in the courtroom.

Another version of the same clip, with which “hatred in the eyes” – in relation to the police – had been liked 1.6 million times.

T-shirts, garden signs and Cup For 20 US dollars a piece that is walking with the image of Hinton in an orange overall, which is walking by the police in the courtroom, with the words “Free Rodney Hinton Jr.”, which is strolled by the police, can be bought online.

Hinton's actions were largely convicted in Cincinnati. But online they triggered Black Americans a debate about the permanent effects of police violence.

“Rodney Hinton Jr., what he did, was absolutely a direct reaction to watching his son's Body Cam film material. But I also have the feeling that decades of black people suffer from the brutality of the police and have failed from the judicial system, also played a role in his actions.” wrote Cindy Noir, a podcaster and commentator.

Another writer compared the killing to that of the CEO of Unitedhealthcare Brian Thompson.

“If you are Team Luigi Mangione, you should also be Team Rodney Hinton Jr. wrote for Afropunk.

“But only one is treated with sympathy. America always finds sympathy for white anger while he criminalizes black mourning. This is not about what is justified – it is about who is seen as a person. Justice in this country still depends on the color of her skin,” she continued.

In the days after the incident, the Black Panthers held a meeting in Cincinnati to organize the father.

“We want to cause an epidemic to think that Rodney Hinton has expressed,” said Mmoja Ajabu, a Black Panther leader, at the meeting.

Online -Fundraising Gofundme in the days after his arrest to pay the legal fees quickly, more than a dozen campaigns, which quickly brought in 5,000 US dollars. This was made after protests by police unions, but another fundraising campaign on another website set up by Hinton's sister collected over 53,000 US dollars at the time of writing. A separate fundraiser from his wife is now 48,000 US dollars.

“Dylan Roof, Kyle Rittenhouse, Derek Chauvin and the rest of these racist bigots had well -founded me after I killed black men for no reason so that we could donate to our people,” wrote a donor on the donation page.

The Attorney General of Ohio, Dave Yost Givesto take them down.

“We shouldn't make a culprit crowdfunding,” said Yost, admitting that the company does not violate laws.

Bennett, Hinton's lawyer, said the case separated public opinion.

“You got a certain part of the community that believes that what he did I understand how it could be triggered and have a psychiatric episode because his son was killed“, He said The independent.

In the meantime, Hinton's family distances itself from the online debate.

“Everyone hurt that,” said Rodney Hinton SR, Ryan's grandfather, at an emotional press conference, “the family, the officer, the mother.”

“I cried about what happened to the officer, so you know, so it was about healing each other. Everyone makes mistakes. It was an emotional mistake,” he added.

Anna Booker-Hinton, the wife of Hinton Jr., has beaten up on the fundraising page for her husband for media reporting.

“The media twist this devastating incident and try to portray Rodney – an African -American father in pain. But I know without a doubt: Rodney did not act from retaliation. He was a grieving father in unimaginable pain,” she wrote.

Hundreds gathered on May 9 for Henderson's funeral service, including dozens of police cruisers from all over the state.

Ryan Hinton was put to rest in tribute a little more than a week later with grieving with red, his favorite color.