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This story pisses us off! We commend the brother and keep him him our prayers. The October 2009 shooting death of Jilani Platt had been “eating” at her brother for more than a year. Tuesday morning, when 30-year-old Jeryl Carter saw the man accused of killing his sister — her husband 33-year-old Zyderrious Platt — enter a Muscogee County Superior Court, those feelings boiled over. Carter leaped over the railing in Judge Bobby Peters’ courtroom and rushed Platt, who quickly stood and backed away as deputies moved in. “For the last year, it’s been on my mind,” Carter said after returning to his Columbus home late Tuesday afternoon. “It’s been eating at me. To see him come out and see him sit in the courtroom like he was going to watch his favorite TV show … he didn’t give a damn what he did. It kind of irked me. It kind of got to me.” Platt reacted by grabbing a wooden chair in what appeared to be an attempt to fend off Carter, who grabbed the chair and threw it at Platt. The chair fell to the floor. No one was injured in the incident, and Peters decided that Carter will not be charged, Muscogee County Sheriff’s Maj. Randy Robertson said. “I’ll kill him; I’ll kill him,” Carter yelled as he was being subdued by deputies. “My sister didn’t deserve that s—. … I am going to kill him. Please let me kill him.” Carter focused on the smirk he said Platt had on his face. “A lot of rage and anger came out of me,” Carter said. “I can’t get it out of my mind. I can’t get over it.” Platt was accused of killing his 10-week pregnant wife, Jilani Platt, 26, in October 2009. He faces charges of murder, feticide, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. The trial started after an hour delay and will continue today. Carter said he held no ill will toward the deputies who tackled him to the floor and handcuffed him. “It would make me feel a lot better if he wasn’t alive,” Carter said. “If I could have just gotten my hands on him. I’m tired. I’m exhausted. I’m not no evil person to wake up that mad every day. It’s not normal. It’s not natural.” Deputy reacts to incident Deputy Charles Nathan, a 23½-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, had just left the jury room and was walking toward Platt when the disturbance began. “I heard a noise and I turned and I saw one of the family members coming over the rail,” Nathan said. “I’m trying to figure out what was going on. When he went over the rail, I knew what was going to happen.” Nathan said he deflected the chair to the floor when Carter threw it at Platt. Other deputies rushed Carter, and Nathan lost his footing for a second before he righted himself and grabbed Carter’s legs. Another deputy had Carter by the torso and both deputies took him to the floor. Nathan helped hold Carter to the floor until he was handcuffed and taken from the courtroom. “When I heard him say, ‘My sister,’ I understood what he was doing,” Nathan said. “He’s got his own ideas, and we’re there to prevent him from doing what he was doing.” Robertson said Carter was held in a room in the Government Center most of the day. A deputy drove Carter home just before 5 p.m. Carter was not handcuffed in the room and no one was there with him, though he was being monitored, Robertson said. Peters was on the bench at the time of the attack. The judge left the courtroom and then returned, walking to the railing to pick up a shoe and umbrella near where the attack started. When Carter was taken home, he only wore one shoe. The jury was not seated and court officials were waiting for the jurors at the time of the attack. The start of the trial was delayed, though the attorneys gave their opening statements and witnesses began testifying before lunch. Family history Carter’s sister was three years his junior. They grew up together with their brother, Phillip. “She was good at school and stuff like that,” Carter said. “She used to love to help other little girls. She was thinking about going to science school, but she stopped it and decided to have a family.” Carter’s sister and Zyderrious Platt had known each other for about five months before they eloped. They lived with her mother for a while before moving to their Crystal Drive home. They were married about 18 months, Carter said. One day, Carter said, he saw what he called a “scar” on his sister’s face. He asked where she got it, and she told him she and her husband had been fighting. Carter went to Zyderrious Platt’s home and waited for him to arrive. Carter said nothing to him when he did. “The moment I seen him, I dove in his ass,” Carter said. “I beat him until he gave up. There was no need to talk to him. Talking to him wouldn’t have did no good.” Jilani Platt was scheduled to pick up her nephew for a youth football game on the day she went missing. Carter said his family knew something was wrong when she failed to show up. “He said some mess like she just walked out the door,” Carter added. “She started to realize that he wasn’t the man you could build a family with. I think she realized there was no saving the relationship and she was ready to end it.” Opening statements The trial resumed after an hour delay. Assistant District Attorney Michael Craig began his opening statement by telling jurors about Jilani Platt, whose maiden name was King. Once a student of Shaw High School, she cared for hospice patients and taught biology. She was preparing to take a test to become a pharmacist. “She was going places,” Craig said. “She had big dreams, big plans. On Oct. 3, 2009, her dreams, her hopes, her life came to a grinding halt.” Craig said that Jilani Platt met with a friend around 10 p.m. Oct. 2. They dropped off Jilani Platt’s nephew at his house, and she told him she’d pick him up the next day for a youth football game. R.I.P. Source

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