White Georgia state trooper shoots dead 60-year-old black driver following chase for broken tail light
By Howie Katz
Jacob G. Thompson, 27,was a Georgia state trooper for seven years. He has been fired and is now charged with felony murder and aggravated assault.
On August 7, Thompson tried to stop the driver of a Nissan Sentra in Screven County for a broken tail light. The driver refused to stop and a chase ensued over several county roads. Thompson was able to perform a PIT maneuver that caused the Nissan to stop in a ditch. Then he shot the driver, 60-year-old Julian Lewis, in the forehead.
Thompson is white and Lewis is black.
Thompson's report states:
"At some point, I heard the engine on the violator's vehicle revving at a high rate of speed. I saw him wrenching the steering wheel in an aggressive back and forth
manner towards me and my patrol vehicle. It appeared to me that the
violator was trying to use his vehicle to injure me. Being in fear for
my life and safety, I discharged my weapon once."
In addition to facing felony murder and aggravated assault charges in state court, the feds are also investigating Thompson for violating the civil rights of Lewis.
It's police shootings like this that keep BLM in business.
1 comment:
I wasn't there, but I am having a hard time figuring out how a vehicle in a ditch was that much of a threat.
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