A Wake County grand jury this week for Cameron Broadwell, a Wake County sheriff鈥檚 deputy and North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers Michael G. Blake and Tabitha Davis. The three are accused with violently beating and injuring Kyron Dwain Hinton, a Raleigh resident who was homeless at the time of the incident. Hinton was approached by law enforcement on April 3 in East Raleigh, and what happened next landed him in the hospital for three days with injuries that included a fractured eye socket, broken nose and 20 dog bites.
Hinton admits to 鈥渢alking junk鈥� to the police officers, but law enforcement says he was engaging in violent conduct, gestured as if he had a firearm and refused to cooperate. Bodycam footage has not been released, but photos of the incident went viral on social media. Host Frank Stasio talks with News & Observer crime reporter Thomasi McDonald about the case and the victim鈥檚 account of what he calls a 鈥淩odney King鈥� type beating. Bodycam footage has not been released, but McDonald has requested a copy.
