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― Mohandas Ghandi
― Mohandas Ghandi
Parents Seeking Justice For Son In Greeceby Associate Editor: Christina Maldonado The brutal death of Bakari Henderson was captured on a hazy security tape that is at a Greek island bar, which also showed a couple of young men taking photos with a woman. Abruptly, one of the young men slaps the taller man; the taller man did not respond instantly, but he soon threw a punch to the man who slapped him. A fight is generally between two people, but others started joining the two while each began throwing their punches, and the commotion moves out from the frame of the camera.
There are two other security cameras that show Henderson walking backwards from the men down the street, keeping his eyes on them. He attempts to kick one of them, but he ends up being tackled to the ground, kicked, and punched by approximately ten other people. Henderson died on the street of a Greek resort, in the town of Laganas on the Island of Zakynthos in 2017 in the month of July. Henderson received 33 blows and kicks to his head and his body, according to a 55 page indictment. The blows and kicks happen in a long period of 11 seconds. The parents, Jill and Phil Henderson cannot fathom why their son, a 22-year-old from Austin, Texas, was ramshackled to his death by a mob in a foreign country. They hopefully seek the answers that they’re looking for in the underway murder trial in Greece. The witnesses called in for court will be one of the resources the court and family can count on to reveal what really happened in the silent security tapes. One of the Henderson’s representative lawyers said, “The parents of the victim are looking for justice.. But they are also looking for answers as to how they lost their child in just 11 seconds in the most brutal manner.” Nine of the ten people were charged with the involvement of the murder; six of them are charged with first-degree murder while others were charged with smaller crimes. Graduating from the University of Arizona a few months ago with a business degree, Henderson was planning a clothing line, so he was working on a photoshoot with his friends in Greece. The trial began September 21st of this year and the Hendersons are represented by three lawyers, which is led by a lawyer from Athens, Andreas Patsis. https://www.google.com/amp/www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-greece-bakari-henderson-20180926-story.html%3foutputType=amp
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