Thursday, June 17, 2021

HONOLULU COP CHARGED WITH UNPROVOKED MURDER OF 16-YEAR OLD

by Bob Walsh

Geoffrey H. L. Thom has been charged with the second degree murder of Iremamber Sykap, 16.  Two other officers have been charged with attempted murder in the same case.

The prosecutor alleges that Thom fired ten rounds into the rear window of Sykap's car without any sort of provocation.  The car was stolen and had been used in armed robberies, burglaries, purse snatching and other car thefts.  Thom is asserting that Sykap rammed him with the vehicle, but body cam footage allegedly does not support this assertion.  The cops have thus far refused to release the body cam footage.

As far as I recall from news stories on this issue this is the first case ever of an on-duty Hawaii cop being charged with murder.

3 comments:

Trey said...

I can remember when shooting a fleeing felon was justified. I know. I'm old.

Trey said...

I just read where the local Grand Jury refused to indict the cop. The prosecutor charged him anyway.

bob walsh said...

You also had to dodge dinosaurs with your patrol car.