Howard Morgan, the 61-year-old Chicago man who was shot 28 times by police, sentenced to 40 years.

[redqueen]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/05/howard-morgan-chicago-sentenced_n_1406312.html?ref=chicago

A 61-year-old Chicago man who was shot 28 times by Chicago police officers in 2005 -- and lived to tell his side of the story -- was sentenced Thursday to serve 40 years in prison, essentially a life sentence.

NBC Chicago's Michelle Relerford tweeted from the sentencing that Morgan said, "I am in God's hands" as he awaited Judge Clayton J. Crane's decision. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, according to Relerford, was also on hand at the scene.

Morgan was off-duty as a detective for the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad when he was pulled over for driving the wrong way on a one-way street on Feb 21, 2005, the Sun-Times previously reported. While both police and Morgan agree on that much, what happened next is a mystery.

According to police, Morgan opened fire with his service weapon when four white officers tried to arrest him, which caused them to shoot him 28 times. His family disputes the police officers' account of the altercation.

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[MADem]

1. He was sixty one, not sixteen.

Something horribly wrong with that sentence.

[redqueen]

2. Typing on my phone is tricky.

Copying and.pasting and editing are all more difficult. Good job noticing the hard to spot error. If not for your post I might have missed it.

[MADem]

6. I wouldn't even attempt that--I have a large screen on my laptop and that works for me!

I can barely send a text msg.

[HiPointDem]

3. wtf? that is outrageous. i didn't expect it.

[redqueen]

4. I was hopeful,

but not very. I'm sad to say that I'm not too surprised.

[MADem]

5. He needs some "Innocence Project" type help.

Whenever cops are involved, it's tricky to get fairness, I think. They were motivated to find him guilty and all of the information from his first trial didn't carry over to the 2nd.

He needs to appeal this ASAP.

[redqueen]

7. Yes, I hope he gets it ASAP

It is so depressing.

[redqueen]

8. One self kick