Appeals Court Rejects NYPD Officer's Bid to Overturn Murder Conviction: White Cop Killed Black Man Defending Himself in Parking Dispute

In photo white people upset Black Man defended himself against 3 psychopathic white men who attacked him over parking. From [HERE] A federal appeals court has rejected an ex-New York City police officer's request to overturn his murder conviction in the 1996 shooting of a Black man during a parking spot dispute outside his father's deli. Richard DiGuglielmo was convicted of shooting Charles Campbell in suburban Dobbs Ferry. He was sentenced to 20-years-to-life in prison. He argued his conviction should be overturned because two witnesses changed their original statements.

But the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that even given new evidence, it could not reasonably be found that Campbell was about to use deadly physical force when he was shot. DiGuglielmo has maintained he shot Campbell because he felt his father was in imminent danger. His attorney said he would continue to fight the case.

The incident happened on Oct. 3, 1996 in front of a delicatessen owned by Richard DiGuglielmo in a Westchester suburb of New York. Campbell, a 37-year-old Black man, pulled into a parking space reserved for deli customers but didn't go inside.  The owner of the deli, his son (DiGuglielmo) and another white man pasted a sticker on Campbell's window. When Campbell asked them to remove the sticker, they attacked him and began beating him. "When Campbell finally broke free, he picked up a bat to defend himself against the three men. The younger DiGuglielmo -- an off-duty New York City police officer -- shot Charles three times, twice in the heart, killing him."

 Westchester authorities said there were racial overtones to the incident; Campbell, a 37-year-old sanitation worker and youth counselor, was black. DiGuglielmo is white.