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Police justified in using deadly force on Lindani Myeni: Honolulu prosecutor

The Honolulu city prosecutor will not file any charges against three police men who killed South African, Lindani Myeni. Myeni was shot and killed during a confrontation with US police in Hawaii. Steven Alm says the officers were justified in using deadly force on the former rugby player in April. In a press conference, the Hawaii-based state lawyer said that investigators did not find evidence that race played a role. Instead, […]

1 July 2021

Local

Lindani Myeni’s widow Lindsay thanks government, wants citizenship to settle in SA

The wife of the late Lindani Myeni, Lindsay, has expressed gratitude to the SA government for its support and giving her husband's name justice. Lindani, a former rugby player from KZN, was shot dead by Hawaii police in an altercation last month after police responded to an alleged “burglary in progress” at a home in Nuuanu. His memorial service took place in Empangeni on Thursday and his funeral is set […]

7 May 2021

Local

Honolulu police release 911 call prior to Lindani Myeni’s shooting

The Honolulu Police Department in the US state of Hawaii has released the 911 tape that initiated a sequence of events that resulted in police shooting dead former South African rugby player Lindani Myeni on April 14. A distraught woman, speaking in broken English, is heard on the phone sounding at times terrified as the dispatcher seeks to understand what is going on in the home. The Myeni family attorney […]

1 May 2021

Local

‘Let our government step in and protect its people’: South Africans demand justice for Lindani Myeni

South Africans are calling for justice for Lindani Myeni after he was shot dead by Honolulu police in Hawaii. The 29-year-old former rugby player was shot dead by police last week after they responded to an alleged burglary in progress. At the weekend, the Honolulu police department released footage of the shooting in which they responded to a “burglary in progress” at a home in Nuuanu. In it, a police […]

19 April 2021

International News

Hawaii judge puts Donald Trump’s travel ban on hold

A federal judge in Hawaii has put President Donald Trump's revised travel ban on hold, issuing an emergency halt to the order just hours before it was set to go into effect. The ruling by US District Judge Derrick Watson on Wednesday prevents the executive order from going into effect on Thursday. Hawaii argued that the new order will harm its Muslim population, tourism and foreign students. Ismail Elshikh, a […]

16 March 2017

Hawaii

Police justified in using deadly force on Lindani Myeni: Honolulu prosecutor

Lindani Myeni’s widow Lindsay thanks government, wants citizenship to settle in SA

Honolulu police release 911 call prior to Lindani Myeni’s shooting

‘Let our government step in and protect its people’: South Africans demand justice for Lindani Myeni

Hawaii judge puts Donald Trump’s travel ban on hold

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