Several months after relocating to Hawaii, An ex-professional rugby player from South Africa was fatally slain by police. The autopsy revealed that the man had a degenerative brain illness common in American football players and other athletes who frequently sustain head injuries.
The discovery might assist to explain Lindani Myeni’s peculiar actions prior to the fatal 2021 altercation with Honolulu police officers. Additionally, it adds another level of information concerning a shooting that received widespread media coverage amid increased calls for police reform in the wake of the 2020 death of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
Myeni, a 29-year-old father of two, was diagnosed with stage three chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to an addendum to his autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press. This indicates that Boston University’s CTE Center received his brain tissue. The condition, also referred to as CTE, can only be identified after a person has passed away.
According to doctors, it’s concerning that Myeni has such a severe case of CTE at such a young age. Stage four is the most severe stage.
The CTE diagnosis startled Lindsay Myeni, who claimed in a wrongful death case that her husband was shot by police because he was Black.
“I didn’t know anything. He didn’t know anything “She spoke from her current residence in Richard’s Bay, South Africa. So it was quite upsetting because it felt like I was being told, “Hey, he died from racism at 29, but he was going to die from his favorite sport at 50 or 51 anyway.”
An unwelcome visitor to a Honolulu residence prompted a call to the police. The prosecuting attorney in Honolulu, who chose not to press charges against any of the cops, claims that he said, “I have films of you,” claimed that a cat in the house belonged to him, and made other odd remarks.
The behavior of the man, according to police sources, put the lives of the policemen in danger, not his race.
The use of deadly force was deemed appropriate by the prosecution because Myeni assaulted the cops physically, leaving one of them with a concussion.