Four Pace University football players who were teammates of slain teammate Danroy Henry had their criminal charges dismissed yesterday...and they now plan on suing police and prosecutors for "false arrest [and] malicious prosecution."
The four players were accused of disrupting police efforts to crowd control on a rowdy night last October, when Henry was killed after the car he was driving hit two police officers at a Thornton, NY restaurant. "Hopefully we'll go forward and get justice, [but] nothing will take away from the loss [of Henry]" said Joseph Romanick, one of the players.
Last month, a Westchester grand jury declined to bring charges against two police officers who shot and killed Henry. The lawyer for one of the officers, Aaron Hess, said at the time, "Sometimes the truth is painful and in this case the painful truth is that D.J. Henry brought about his own death." Nevertheless, Romanick and the three other players, Yves Delpeche, Daniel Parker, Joseph Garcia, plan to sue for at least $1 million. The Henry family is planning a $120 million lawsuit against the Pleasantville and Mount Pleasant police.
