>> NEWS 4’s MAURICIO CASILLAS
SPOKE WITH THE VICTIMS FAMILIES
ATTORNEY ABOUT THE
DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE PLEA
AND THEIR SEARCH FOR JUSTICE. >> HE AIN’T WAKING UP.
>> Reporter: IT’S BEEN NEARLY 2
1/2 YEARS SINCE ANTOINE GILMORE
WAS GUNNED DOWN BY D.C. POLICE
OFFICER, AND IS DIFFERENT.
OFFICERS FOUND GILMORE ASLEEP
AT THE WHEEL AT NEW YORK AVENUE
WITH A GUN IN HIS WAISTBAND.
GILMORE WOKE UP AS OFFICERS
APPROACHED HIS CAR.
AND PLEASE COMMANDED GILMORE TO
STOP.
FIRED 10 BULLETS, STRIKING
GILMORE THREE TIMES WHO WOULD DIE A SHORT WHILE LATER.
AS PART OF HIS GUILTY PLEA, HE
SAID HIS CONDUCT CONSTITUTED UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND
UNREASONABLE FORCE.
>> HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE DID SO INTENTIONALLY AND BECAUSE HE
DID SO INTENTIONALLY, IT IS THE
FAMILY’S DECISION THAT HE
SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PLEAD GUILTY TO
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
>>LOVED ONES ARE ULTIMATELY
DISAPPOINTED WITH THE PLEA
BECAUSE THEY FEEL HE DESERVED A
MORE SERIOUS CHARGE.
>>CERTAINLY THAT IS ONE TO
TOWARDS RESPONSIBILITY BUT IS
NOT ONE STEP TOWARDS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LEVEL OF
HARM THAT OFFICER DIRECTED FOR
THE FAMILY.
>>FOLLOWING THE PLEA DEAL, U.S.
ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA, MATTHEW GREAT SETTING PARK, OFFICER JEVRIC ABUSED
HIS POSITION BY RECKLESSLY
USING DEADLY FORCE WHERE NONE
WAS NECESSARY, RESULTING IN THE TRAGIC AND UNJUSTIFIED LOSS OF
MR. GILMORE’S LIFE TOOK A
TRAGEDY THAT HAS PERMANENTLY CHANGED THE LIVES OF MR.
GILMORE’S FAMILY AND FRIENDS.".
McDANIEL BELIEVES ABOUT SEVEN
YEARS IN PRISON, HIS IS THE
LEGAL PROCESS HAS BEEN
DIFFICULT FOR THE GILMORE FAMILY AS THEY STILL GRAPPLE
WITH THE LOSS OF ANTOINE.
>> CAUSES NEW PAIN AND NEW
TRAUMA SO THEY CONTINUE TO TRY
TO HEAL THEMSELVES, EVEN IN THE
FACE OF THE FACT THAT ANTOINE
WON’T BE RETURNING TO THEM. >> SCHEDULED FOR JULY 1st.