DID POLICE KILL KEVIN HICKS ILLEGALLY?
Did you know you have the right to use force to stop police from making an illegal arrest? Did Kevin Hicks believe that the police officer was trying to arrest him illegally? If so, then Kevin had the legal right to resist the officer with the force necessary, to include deadly force, to stop what he believed was an illegal arrest.
Here's what Indiana's Stand Your Ground Law says:
(i) A person is justified in using reasonable force against a public servant if the person reasonably believes the force is necessary to: (1) protect the person or a third person from what the person reasonably believes to be the imminent use of unlawful force; (2) prevent or terminate the public servant's unlawful entry of or attack on the person's dwelling, curtilage, or occupied motor vehicle; or (3) prevent or terminate the public servant's unlawful trespass on or criminal interference with property lawfully in the person's possession, lawfully in possession of a member of the person's immediate family, or belonging to a person whose property the person has authority to protect.
(j) Notwithstanding subsection (i), a person is not justified in using force against a public servant if: (1) the person is committing or is escaping after the commission of a crime; (2) the person provokes action by the public servant with intent to cause bodily injury to the public servant; (3) the person has entered into combat with the public servant or is the initial aggressor, unless the person withdraws from the encounter and communicates to the public servant the intent to do so and the public servant nevertheless continues or threatens to continue unlawful action; or (4) the person reasonably believes the public servant is: (A) acting lawfully; or (B) engaged in the lawful execution of the public servant's official duties.
(k) A person is not justified in using deadly force against a public servant whom the person knows or reasonably should know is a public servant unless: (1) the person reasonably believes that the public servant is: (A) acting unlawfully; or (B) not engaged in the execution of the public servant's official duties; and (2) the force is reasonably necessary to prevent serious bodily injury to the person or a third person.
Reader Comments (9)
If the Negro had kept his hands to his self he would still be alive.
Michael:
If the cop had kept his gun in his holster Kevin would still be alive.
If you are going to post something post it all.
K
KEVIN HICKS
DOC Number 911162
First Name KEVIN
Middle Name
Last Name HICKS
Suffix
Date of Birth 04/12/1971
Gender Male
Race Black
Facility/Location Deceased
Earliest Possible Release Date *
*Offenders scheduled for release on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday are released on Monday. Offenders scheduled for release on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday are released on Thursday. Offenders whose release date falls on a Holiday are released on the first working day prior to the Holiday.
04/05/2016
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Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 11/25/2015
Description RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT
Term in Years / Months / Days
01
05
00026
Type of Conviction F6
Indiana Citation Code 35-44.1-3-1
Cause Number 49G05-1506-F6-019004
County of Conviction MARION
Projected Release Date 04/05/2016
Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 11/25/2015
Description BATTERY
Term in Years / Months / Days
00
11
00029
Type of Conviction MA
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-2-1
Cause Number 49G05-1506-F6-019004
County of Conviction MARION
Projected Release Date 11/28/2015
Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 10/04/2010
Description DOMESTIC BATTERY
Term in Years / Months / Days
01
08
00024
Type of Conviction FD
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-2-1.3
Cause Number 49G17-1008-FD-065693
County of Conviction MARION
Projected Release Date 05/14/2012
Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 01/15/2010
Description BATTERY
Term in Years / Months / Days
00
06
00010
Type of Conviction FD
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-2-1
Cause Number 49G17-0901-FD-010194
County of Conviction MARION
Projected Release Date 04/20/2010
Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 03/05/2009
Description BATTERY
Term in Years / Months / Days
01
01
00004
Type of Conviction FD
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-2-1
Cause Number 49G17-0901-FD-010194
County of Conviction MARION
Projected Release Date 07/30/2009
Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 09/13/2000
Description ROBBERY
Term in Years / Months / Days
04
00
00000
Type of Conviction FC
Indiana Citation Code 35-42-5-1
Cause Number 49G03 0006 CF 105339
County of Conviction MARION
Projected Release Date 09/20/2004
Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 08/25/1997
Description THEFT,RECEIVING STOLEN PROPERTY
Term in Years / Months / Days
01
05
00027
Type of Conviction FD
Indiana Citation Code 35-43-4-2
Cause Number 49F149705DF069999
County of Conviction MARION
Projected Release Date 02/10/1998
Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 07/01/1997
Description RESIDENTIAL ENTRY
Term in Years / Months / Days
02
06
00001
Type of Conviction FD
Indiana Citation Code 35-43-2-1.5
Cause Number 96095929
County of Conviction MARION
Projected Release Date 08/07/1998
Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 07/01/1997
Description TRESPASSING
Term in Years / Months / Days
00
05
00027
Type of Conviction MA
Indiana Citation Code 35-43-2-2
Cause Number 96095929
County of Conviction MARION
Projected Release Date 08/04/1997
Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 11/08/1990
Description AUTO THEFT, RECEIVING STOLEN AUTO PARTS
Term in Years / Months / Days
01
00
00000
Type of Conviction FD
Indiana Citation Code 35-43-4-2.5
Cause Number 9054579
County of Conviction MARION
Projected Release Date 05/09/1991
Sentence Information
Date of Sentence 11/01/1990
Description AUTO THEFT, RECEIVING STOLEN AUTO PARTS
Term in Years / Months / Days
02
00
00000
Type of Conviction FC
Indiana Citation Code 35-43-4-2.5
Cause Number 49G06 9007 CF 085552
County of Conviction MARION
Projected Release Date 01/11/1993
Comments
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This database was last updated 05/17/2016
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DOC Number
DOC Number refers to the identification number given to each Indiana offender upon incarceration.
Description
"Offense" refers to the crimes for which the offender is, or was most recently, incarcerated. "ATT" indicates "attempted;" "CON" indicates "conspiracy to commit;" and "AID" indicates "Aiding". Duplicate entries indicate additional counts of the same crime.
County of Conviction
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Date of Sentence
"Date of Sentence" is the date in which the sentence was issued by the court.
Michaeel,
So what is your point? Just because a person has a past then it is alright for them to be unjustly killed by police? This possible police misuse of power so concerned the Founding Fathers that they made the right to carry and bear arms the 2nd amendment of the Constitution. They saw this coming!! Now you appear to be trying to justify this misuse of power. Quit it!!
Actions have consequences. In fact, Kevin gave up his second Amendment rights with his first felony conviction.
His cousin said Kevin loved to fight.
The officer didn't.
Bye bye scumbag
You are so off target. Just because a person has a past does not justify anyone, especially a police officer, killing their future. Eye witnesses say the officer started the fight and couldn't win the fight so killed Kevin to end the fight. So what's the lesson there? Don't start what you can't finish? Check yourself!!
I agree. Kevin started what he couldn't finish.
Michaeeel,
Officer Carmichael started something which cost Kevin his life. So unfortunate!!