- Former Metro Nashville
Police Officer Andrew Delke was sentenced to three years in thedeath of Daniel Hambrick. - At Delke's plea hearing on Friday, Hambrick's mother cried out and criticized the court for accepting the plea.
- Delke was initially facing trial on a first-degree murder charge but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.
The mother of a Black man who was killed by a Metro Nashville Police officer in 2018 cried out in court as the former cop was sentenced to three years in jail as part of a
'What if it was your motherf---ing child?' Vicky Hambrick, the mother of Daniel Hambrick, cried out before former police officer Andrew Delke was sentenced in the case, WTVF reported.
Delke, who is white, shot Hambrick three times as Hambrick ran away from a traffic stop in July 2018, according to the Tennessean.
Delke was facing trial on a first-degree murder charge in the case, but on Thursday his legal team announced he was taking a plea deal on a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter.
A first-degree murder conviction would have potentially sent Delke to prison for life, but with his three-year prison sentence on a voluntary manslaughter guilty plea, his lawyer told WTVF that he will likely serve 18 months.
His sentencing temporarily halted on Friday after Vicky Hambrick ripped Delke and the district attorney, saying the prosecutor had "lost his nerve," WTVF reported.
"I am against this so-called plea deal. I am against the way the state and the defense joined hands to protect this racist, biased, anti-black, criminal system," she said. "My son was murdered on video by Nashville police. My son has a right, he has a right, to a public jury trial. I want citizens of this community to render a judgment."
Hambrick later banged on the court podium before turning her anger to the ex-cop.
"I lost my son, because of you!" she screamed, according to WTVF. "I hate you. I don't accept your apology."