They ordered Green to get out of his car. He was observed by two white police officers, Larry Nevers and Walter Budzyn, who were working under cover and who suspected the location was a drug house.
Unlike what happened in Los Angeles, two of the officers were convicted of murder.ĭuring the evening of November 5, 1992, Malice Wayne Green, a black, unemployed steelworker, stopped his car to drop off a friend at a house in the inner city of Detroit, Michigan. SIGNIFICANCE: Shortly after the riots in Los Angeles over the Rodney King beating, the nation watched expectantly as three white police officers stood trial for the assault and murder of a black man in Detroit. Sentence: Nevers: 12-25 years imprisonment Budzyn: 8-18 imprisonment
Verdict: Nevers and Budzyn: guilty of second-degree murder Lessnau: not guilty Defendants: Larry Nevers, Walter Budzyn, Robert LessnauĬrimes Charged: Nevers and Budzyn: murder Lessnau: aggravated assaultĬhief Defense Lawyers: Carol Stanyar, James Howarth, Michael Batchelor, John Goldpaughĭates of Trials: First trial: JuneAugust 1993 Budzyn retrial: April 1998 Nevers retrial: March 2000
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