Family, friends mark two years since Stanley Gibson killed by police
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Rondha Gibson hugs William Hill, facing camera, as they visit the grave of Rondha’s husband Stanley Gibson at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, Nev. Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. The group was there on the second anniversary of Stanley Gibson’s death. Gibson was killed by a Las Vegas police officer. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
William Hill, left, and Todd Hudson hang a banner near the grave of Stanley Gibson at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, Nev. Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. The two were there with a group on the second anniversary of Stanley Gibson’s death. Gibson was killed by a Las Vegas police officer. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Todd Hudson, right, hugs Rondha Gibson as they visit the grave of Rondha’s husband Stanley Gibson at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, Nev. Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. Steve Sanson, left, and William Hill, second from left, are also pictured. The group was there on the second anniversary of Stanley Gibson’s death. Gibson was killed by a Las Vegas police officer. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rondha Gibson kneels at the grave of her husband Stanley Gibson at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, Nev. Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. Gibson was killed by a Las Vegas police officer Dec. 12, 2011. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rondha Gibson kneels at the grave of her husband Stanley Gibson at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, Nev. Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. Gibson was killed by a Las Vegas police officer Dec. 12, 2011. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rondha Gibson kneels at the grave of her husband Stanley Gibson at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, Nev. Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. Gibson was killed by a Las Vegas police officer Dec. 12, 2011. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
William B. Hill and Todd Hudson, childhood friends of slain Gulf War veteran Stanley L. Gibson, hoisted a banner Thursday near his grave at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City.
They were marking the second anniversary of the death of the disabled U.S. Army veteran at the hands of a Las Vegas police officer.
“Two years ago today the laughter was taken from our lives, the smile of a grandpa, man, husband, son, uncle, ‘brotha’ and best friend,” his widow, Rondha Gibson, said in a statement.
Gibson, who suffered from post-traumatic stress and other maladies, was accidentally shot as he sat in a car surrounded by police in a parking lot. Public outcry after the incident helped drive a movement to reform police policies and training.
Read some of the Review-Journal’s coverage, and be sure to look at our award-winning series, Deadly Force, which examined the culture of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department at the time of the events surrounding Gibson’s death.
