From [HERE] A federal judge has dismissed the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Danquirs Franklin, who was shot and killed in a Burger King parking lot by a CMPD officer in 2019.

Franklin’s mother filed the lawsuit against the City of Charlotte and the officer who shot him.

CMPD Officer Wende Kerl shot and killed Franklin on March 25, 2019, in the parking lot of the Burger King on Beatties Ford Road after responding to a 911 call.

Franklin’s mother, the representative of Franklin’s estate, subsequently filed a lawsuit against Officer Kerl and the City of Charlotte, raising federal constitutional and state tort claims.

United States District Judge Graham C. Mullen (also white) issued the ruling Friday, giving reasons why the case was being dismissed. The following statement was a part of Friday’s ruling:

“Given the gift of hindsight, it seems likely that Officer Kerl made a mistake in shooting Danquirs Franklin. Franklin appeared to be complying with the CMPD officers’ orders to “drop the gun” when he took the pistol out of his jacket pocket. Video shows that he was holding the slide of the pistol, not the grip. And Franklin’s incredulous last words—”You told me to”—seem to confirm his intentions nearly beyond doubt. But because a court must not judge with the “20/20 vision of hindsight,” Graham, 490 U.S. at 396, the question is whether Officer Kerl’s mistake in shooting Franklin was reasonable. The answer is yes.”

In other words the white judge believed the white cop artist’s body cam performance. To persons not so afflicted with the mind virus [here, racism] it looked like bad theater; white cops murdered him because they could.

Franklin is seen in the footage squatting in front of an open car door while Kerl and another white officer shout: “Drop the gun. Drop it. Drop it now.” The cops appear to be super hyped up and overly dramatic bringing chaos to the scene.

Franklin’s firearm is not visible at first. Then, he slowly moves his right hand to his pocket and appears to take out a gun in order to put it down. It was never pointed at the police and he was following their commands. Nevertheless, Kerl fires multiple times.

“You told me to,” Franklin said, looking up, before collapsing on the floor.

The video cuts off seconds later, after he slumps over.

The district attorney, Spencer B. Merriweather, the first black DA in Mecklenburg County decided not to file charges last August, saying he didn't think he could prove to a jury that "Officer Kerl's belief that she faced an imminent threat of death of great bodily harm was unreasonable" and he didn’t want to disturb his white masters.