Wife Of Black Man Murdered By Honolulu Police Fights For Justice: ”If It Was Me, I’d Still Be Alive’

The wife of Lindani Myeni is fighting for justice and accountability from Honolulu police and the Asian couple who called 911 on her husband, leading to his death.

Lindani Myeni,  who is a father of two toddlers, was killed by Honolulu police after entering a home he confused for a public temple, which was actually the house next door.

Myeni was a South African Rugby player, and on that fateful night Ring doorbell footage showed him follow behind Sabine and Dexter Wang, Myeni then removes his shoes and can be seen wearing a tribal headband, all signs that he believed he was on his way into the temple. Shortly after Sabine Wang sees him, she becomes hysterical, calling 911 and claiming Myeni is a burglar. Myeni apologizes multiple times and upon realizing that he is at the wrong location, he leaves.

However, Wang continues the hysterics and tells the 911 caller that police can get him as he gets into his car. Police approach him and tell him to get on the ground, they do not identify themselves. Myeni is clearly scared and confused in the dark, and repeatedly asks them “who are you,” but the police fight him, use a tazer and shoot him multiple times. After he is shot, one cop finally yells police.

Honolulu police defended the officers’ actions. Per AP, Acting Deputy Chief Allan Nagata confessed that the officers didn’t identify themselves before shooting, but claimed they were in a “fight for their lives.”

The Wangs made a complaint to the FBI about being targeted.

“Overall the sad part is that the 911 couple has not shown any remorse whatsoever and they have kind of retreated into this corner where they’re viewing themselves as the victims,” said Bridget Morgan-Bickerton, the Myeni family lawyer.

Lindsay Myeni spoke to Good Morning America and said she strongly believes that race played a part in his murder.

“I just never thought, I would think of Honolulu as a bad place, as a dark place … it’s just full of love and aloha,” said wife Lindsay Myeni. “To have this place be so dark, and to actually have this other side where our police are just like the rest of the mainland, it’s like there’s no safety, there’s actually fear now.”

“One-hundred percent, I know in my heart if it was a white man … if it was me, I’d still be alive. I’d be walking around,” added Myeni.