How misinformation about student's murder sent two people into hiding
Summary
Two former police officers, Christi Hill and another, have gone into hiding after being wrongly identified on social media as involved in the arrest of 18-year-old Henry Nowak. Bodycam footage shows Henry being handcuffed while saying he couldn't breathe, but Hill had left the police force over a year before the incident and the other officer was out of the country.Key Facts
- Christi Hill is a former police officer who has left the force more than a year before Henry Nowak’s arrest.
- Another officer, PC Tristan Parsons, was not in the country during the arrest.
- Social media users wrongly identified Hill and Parsons as the officers who arrested Henry Nowak.
- Henry Nowak is an 18-year-old who was handcuffed by police while saying he couldn’t breathe.
- Because of the mistaken identity and misinformation, Hill and another officer feel unsafe and have gone into hiding.
- The bodycam footage of the arrest was released recently.
- The misinformation spread on social media caused serious personal safety concerns for the officers wrongly named.
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