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No indictment for Georgia officer who killed Black driver - SteveG - 06-30-2021
obviously innocent...in Georgia
No indictment for Georgia officer who killed Black driver
https://apnews.com/article/ga-state-wire-courts-georgia-indictments-shootings-5e647e37f86043b0b96ae1044773ec6f
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Thompson, who is white, tried to pull Lewis over for a broken tail light in rural Screven County, near Georgia’s border with South Carolina. When Lewis didn’t immediately stop, the trooper pursued him and forced his car into a ditch, then shot Lewis in the head.
Thompson wrote in his incident report that he shot Lewis as Lewis was revving his engine and turning his steering wheel, as if he was trying to ram the trooper. But Georgia Bureau of Investigation Agent Dustin Peak testified in September that was impossible, because Lewis’ car battery disconnected when it hit the ditch, leaving the vehicle inoperable.
Peak testified that dash camera video shows one second elapsed between the time the trooper got out of his patrol vehicle and when he fired the shot that killed Lewis.
Re: No indictment for Georgia officer who killed Black driver - Lux Interior - 06-30-2021
Steve G. wrote:
Peak testified that dash camera video shows one second elapsed ...
Why does video need someone to testify for it?
Re: No indictment for Georgia officer who killed Black driver - Filliam H. Muffman - 07-01-2021
It sounds like the video was not released, so they had an 'expert' testify to what was on it rather than let the unbiased jurors view it.
Re: No indictment for Georgia officer who killed Black driver - p8712 - 07-01-2021
Thompson wrote in his incident report that he shot Lewis as Lewis was revving his engine and turning his steering wheel, as if he was trying to ram the trooper. But Georgia Bureau of Investigation Agent Dustin Peak testified in September that was impossible, because Lewis’ car battery disconnected when it hit the ditch, leaving the vehicle inoperable.
How do you defend yourself against evidence like this? What a load of crap. What a riggedsystem.
Re: No indictment for Georgia officer who killed Black driver - RgrF - 07-01-2021
Rural Georgia counties don't prosecute or in many cases even investigate police crimes.
Re: No indictment for Georgia officer who killed Black driver - p8712 - 07-01-2021
RgrF wrote:
Rural Georgia counties don't prosecute or in many cases even investigate police crimes.
Oh, I’m sure he’ll be police chief within five years.
Re: No indictment for Georgia officer who killed Black driver - Speedy - 07-01-2021
Well, the guy did have a broken tail light, besides being black. Right there is enough for an execution.
Re: No indictment for Georgia officer who killed Black driver - Fritz - 07-01-2021
Speedy wrote:
Well, the guy did have a broken tail light, besides being black. Right there is enough for an execution.
sad, but true. welcome to the 1920s