Coy appears virtually out of Franklin County Jail – wearing a brown jumpsuit and face mask – and a judge sets the $ 3 million bond and orders him to have no contact with police officers or witnesses in his case.
Coy fatally shot Hill, who was Black, within seconds of their encounter when Hill walked in the direction of Coy while holding an illuminated cellphone in his left hand, the footage of the body showed. Hill was unarmed.
The ex-policeman spoke only to admit to the judge that he could hear the process.
His attorney, Mark Collins, quoted his client’s military service and asked the court to draw up a bond of up to $ 250,000.
Collins said his client is not a flight risk. He called the proceedings a “self-defense case” – not a “do-it-yourself” case to determine whether the level of violence used by the officer was justified.
Prosecutor Anthony Pierson protested for a high band, saying Hill lost his life as a result of Coy’s actions. Hill’s family sits the first row of the courtroom behind the prosecutor.
The judge denied Collins’ pleas to reduce the bond, saying that “based on everything I heard, this is the band I set.”
The judge also drafted a separate $ 20,000 confession.
Hill’s family not entirely satisfied with indictment
Hill’s family said Thursday – through attorney Ben Crump – that they were “relieved” about the charges, but not entirely “satisfied” with the officer’s accusation of murdering a man wearing only his cell phone.
“The reason they are not happy is because, based on what has happened in the United States before, we know that when a white police officer kills an unarmed black person, it does not guarantee a conviction,” Crump said.
The two misconduct counts apply to Coy’s failure to use his body camera and ‘his failure to notify his fellow officer that he feels Andre Hill is in danger’, according to Yost.
According to Coy, Hill had a gun, the report said.
Coy turned on his body camera after the shooting. The camera’s lookback function captured 60 seconds of video, but no sound before Coy turned it on.
From the footage, it appears that Coy is walking towards Hill, who is moving towards the officer. Coy started firing within seconds. It’s not clear if Hill or Coy said anything during their brief encounter because Coy did not activate his body camera.
The first few seconds of Coy’s audio camera in which sound is available show Coy Hill ordering to pull his hands out to the side, and ordering him to climb on his stomach and warn an officer not to come near not because one of Hill’s arms was down. the car where he collapsed.
Coy was fired in December. Columbus Police Chief Thomas Quinlan said at the time that the evidence provided a solid reason for Coy’s termination.
CNN’s Ray Sanchez, Amir Vera, Rebecca Riess, Dakin Andone, Emma Tucker, Devon Sayers, Keith Allen, Travis Caldwell, Alec Snyder, Peter Nickeas and Nicquel Terry Ellis contributed to this report.