ex Columbus Ohio cop Adam Coy pays his $1 million bail, leaves jail

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title-Fired Columbus Officer Adam Coy Released After Posting Bail


snip-Fired Columbus Police officer Adam Coy has posted bail and been released from jail, just hours after a Franklin County judge agreed to reduce his bond to $1 million.

Coy, who is white, is charged with the fatal shooting of 47-year-old Andre Hill, who is Black, in late December. A grand jury indicted Coy on charges of murder, felony assault and two counts of dereliction of duty, making him the first white Columbus Police officer charged with shooting a civilian in over two decades.

Coy pleaded not guilty in Franklin County court last Friday. A judge initially set his bond at $3 million, with a $20,000 recognizance bond, and forbade Coy from communicating with other police officers or witnesses.

Defense attorney Mark Collins filed a motion Sunday in an effort to reduce Coy's bond. Collins said after Friday's arraignment that he planned to file a motion for bond reconsideration, citing the amount as inappropriate in comparison to the bail set in the cases of other on-duty police killings in the past year – including Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police officer who killed George Floyd."


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