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More than 500 people have signed a petition to U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service to fire Christopher Deedy, a federal agent accused of murdering a Native Hawaiian man three years ago. 

The petition on Change.org also asks for reparations for the family of the victim, Kollin Elderts.

Deedy shot Elderts in a McDonald’s in Honolulu late at night on Nov. 5, 2011. Deedy said he was acting in self-defense.

Deedy was tried for second-degree murder last year but the highly publicized trial ended in a hung jury.

The incident highlighted racial tensions between whites and Native Hawaiians in Hawaii. 

Read Civil Beat’s past coverage of the issue:

Deedy Transcripts Revealed: ‘Not Something We See Every Day

Hawaii Senator Wants to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Drunk Cops

Hawaii Supreme Court Tells Deedy Judge To Defend Closed Proceedings

Deedy Case: Is a Second Trial Worth the Cost?

Deedy Trial: A Hung Jury Means Federal Agent Could Be Back In Court

Christopher Deedy: ‘My Brain Was Going in a Thousand Directions’

Can a White Federal Agent Who Killed a Hawaii Local Get a Fair Trial?

Neighbor: Agent Not ‘the Kind of Guy Who Goes Around Killing People’

— Anita Hofschneider