Hurricane Chris Plans to Sue Shreveport Police Department Following Murder Acquittal
After successfully clearing his name of murder charges, rapper Hurricane Chris is headed back to court after announcing plans to sue the Shreveport Police Department for damages and lost wages.
Last March, the 34-year-old was found not guilty of 2nd-degree murder in the 2020 shooting case that left 32-year-old Danxeria Farris Jr. dead from gunshot wounds to the chest, stomach, and hip following an alleged attempted robbery.
The “A Bay Bay” emcee, whose real name is Christopher Jerrod Dooley Jr., maintained his innocence, claiming that he acted out in self-defense and was cleared of any wrongdoing. Now, the musician is seeking his day in court, telling TMZ in an article published on Monday (Sept. 4 ) that authorities made several errors and refused to give him due process.
“What happened was you had officers outside of the car while I was inside of the car on the scene saying this is self-defense,” he shared in a video interview with the outlet.
"Who walks around with a brick in their pocket? I would have did the same thing, everybody on the scene understood what happened, but when the detective got me downtown and started questioning me, he started off with, 'Hey you had a song on the radio, right?' and from there everything went downhill,” the rapper added.
The Louisiana native also claimed police failed to conduct a thorough investigation of the crime scene and that many witnesses to the incident were not questioned until after his legal team found them.
"They painted a picture of me like I was a villain in my own community, a place where I've never been convicted of spitting gum on the sidewalk or jaywalking," he continued.
The “Halle Berry” rapper shared that he had multiple projects lined up before his arrest, all of which he lost. “I had a movie deal coming up. I signed to an acting agency before I was arrested,” he shared. “I lost the deal with the acting agency, one of the biggest agencies in Louisiana.”
Hurricane Chris reportedly still communicates with relatives of the deceased man nearly every day. “My thing is to make sure that I get the message out as much as possible that I feel for everybody involved in the situation. I continue to give my condolences to the family because I have close friends inside of that family,” he shared.
“No matter what happens, you wanna be respectful about whatever you can be respectful about. Because I’m from Louisiana, it’s small. This ain’t California, this ain’t Chicago. You run your mouth in a reckless manner, and you’re [probably] gonna have consequences,” he added.
