As Ronald Madison lay dying on the pavement, Sergeant A ran down the bridge
toward Ronald and asked an officer if Ronald was “one of them.” When the officer replied
in the affirmative, Sergeant A began kicking or stomping Ronald Madison repeatedly with
his foot. Sergeant A appeared to be striking Madison’s torso with as much force as he could muster.
Defendant HUNTER charged toward Sergeant A, who backed off from Madison.
As defendant HUNTER walked away, an officer standing nearby appeared shocked that
HUNTER had confronted Sergeant A.
Shortly thereafter, Sergeant A approached defendant HUNTER and apologized for
being “out of line.” Sergeant A then asked HUNTER if HUNTER “[had] a problem” with
the shooting on the east side of the Danziger Bridge.
While on the west side of the Danziger Bridge, defendant HUNTER heard Lance
Madison ask the officers why they had been shooting at him and his brother. Lance Madison never said that he or his brother had possessed a gun or had fired at police, and Lance Madison did not have a gun in his possession.
HUNTER knew without question that the shootings he saw on the bridge were “bad
shoots,” meaning that they were legally unjustified. HUNTER later heard that the civilian,
Ronald Madison, was a 40-year-old severely disabled man.
