White Mississippi cop who fatally shot a black man during a 2015 car chase was captured on bodycam video ‘using a racial slur to describe him’, newly released evidence shows

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  Officer Canyon Boykin fatally shot 26-year-old Ricky Ball following the chase in Columbus, Mississippi back in October 2015
• The evidence related to the case was only made public over the weekend 
• A summary of the car chase transcript included in the evidence says Boykin used the term ‘m**lie’ – an Italian slur for a black person – to describe Ball 
• Another document included in the evidence transcribed by a court reporter quotes Boykin as using the word ‘bully’ 
• It comes just weeks after Mississippi’s Attorney General dropped a manslaughter charge against the officer citing evidence he acted in self defense
• Case was dropped ‘with prejudice’ on May 28, which means it can’t be revived 
• The decision to drop the charge prompted protests in the same week that George Floyd demonstrations erupted across the United States 

By EMILY CRANE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

A white Mississippi police officer who fatally shot a black man during a 2015 car chase was captured on bodycam video apparently using a racial slur to describe him, according to newly released evidence.

Officer Canyon Boykin fatally shot 26-year-old father Ricky Ball following the chase in Columbus, north east of Jackson, back in October 2015. 

The evidence related to the case was only made public over the weekend and comes just weeks after Mississippi’s Attorney General dropped a manslaughter charge against the officer. 

The case was dropped ‘with prejudice’ on May 28, meaning it can’t be revived, after Republican Attorney General Lynn Fitch said there was evidence Boykin had shot Ball in self-defense. 

The decision to drop the charge prompted protests in the same week that George Floyd demonstrations erupted across the United States. Ball’s killing also sparked demonstrations in Columbus, a mostly black city of 23,000 in northeast Mississippi, at the time of his death. 

Officer Canyon Boykin fatally shot 26-year-old Ricky Ball following the chase in Columbus, north east of Jackson, back in October 2015. Boykin was indicted by a grand jury in 2016 on a manslaughter charge (right). Mississippi’s Attorney General dropped the charge against him last month

Among the evidence released over the weekend related to the case was a portion of bodycam footage (above) from inside the car as the officers pursued the vehicle Ball was in

The fatal shooting occurred on October 16, 2015 when Boykin was riding with his civilian fiancee, Alisa Stanford; his patrol partner, Johnny Max Branch; and Officer Yolanda Young.

They had started tailing the car Ball was a passenger in for several blocks because of a missing tag light. Boykin said at the time that Ball had fled on foot once the vehicle was stopped. 

The officer said he fired his gun while chasing Ball because Ball had appeared to point a gun at him. A handgun was found near Ball’s body.

Among the evidence released was a portion of bodycam footage from inside the car as the officers pursued the vehicle Ball was in. 

A summary of the car chase transcript included in the evidence says Boykin used the term ‘m**lie’ – an Italian slur for a black person – to describe Ball. Another document included in the evidence transcribed by a court reporter quotes Boykin as using the word ‘bully’.

‘Please still be in the car, mother f***er. Please still be in the car,’ Boykin can be heard saying in the bodycam filmed by another officer in the car. 

‘If I get my hands on him. F***ing m**lie, goddamn it,’ the summary in the evidence quotes him as saying.  …...more here

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