blocked this investigation. They had to be sued.
Atlanta Prosecutor Sues DOJ For Blocking Investigation Of Incident Where Cops Shot A Man 59 Times
A case that involves some shocking numbers has resulted in a lawsuit against the DOJ. An investigation into a raid that ended with law enforcement officers putting 59 bullets into the body of an Atlanta resident has dead-ended and it appears to be because the DOJ doesn't want to talk about it.
After officers fired more than 90 bullets into Robinson's apartment, some claimed Robinson fired at them first. But statements made by other officers and the results of the ensuing search punch holes in this narrative.
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At the conclusion of the shooting, a firearm was located, which the officers claimed that Mr. Robinson fired at them three times. However, when the firearm was recovered, it was damaged and inoperable. Moreover, in an investigative report completed by Officer Steve Schreckengost, he did not state that the officers entered the premises because Mr. Robinson was shooting. Rather, Officer Schreckengost claims they entered to protect others inside the apartment from Mr. Robinson, although it was clear from their surveillance no one else was in the apartment.
According to the complaint, a federal task force comprised of 14 officers from eight local municipal police departments and at least one U.S. marshal went to the apartment to execute a Georgia arrest warrant based on allegations that Robinson committed an aggravated assault.
Robinson was not charged with any federal crime and there was no federal arrest warrant pending for him, the lawsuit states.
[link:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190101/07485141312/atlanta-prosecutor-sues-doj-blocking-investigation-incident-where-cops-shot-man-59-times.shtml|
Except for a traffic violation, Robinson's record was clean, the DA says.
The complaint alleges that although the officers knew Robinson suffered from schizophrenia, they did not attempt to coordinate a peaceful surrender and made no effort to enlist the help of his friends or family before confronting him.
The officers also allegedly failed to secure a search warrant despite spending two hours conducting surveillance on the apartment complex and did not get consent to enter the apartment where they believed Robinson was located.
Without any indication that Robinson had a weapon or presented a threat to the officers, the task force knocked the apartment door down and immediately fired 51 shots from outside into the apartment, the lawsuit states.
According to the complaint, the officers then entered the apartment and fired 41 more shots from various weapons "including a 9mm submachine gun, a .40mm submachine gun, and a .40 Glock pistol."
More than 90 rounds were fired into the apartment, DA Howard claims.
[link:
https://www.courthousenews.com/georgia-da-demands-records-on-man-shot-59-times/|
This gets worse.
Officers charged with murder of Jamarion Robinson request to move case to federal court
If the case is moved, federal court filings show the pair plan to seek immunity as federal officers.
[link:
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/officers-charged-with-murder-of-jamarion-robinson-request-to-move-case-to-federal-court/85-1b44fa2a-6eea-43a7-82f8-806047ba7cc4|
The Fulton County grand jury on Tuesday indicted two officers in the 2016 death of Jamarion Robinson, who was shot 76 times during a law enforcement raid on his girlfriend’s East Point apartment.
In addition to two counts of felony murder, Eric A. Heinze and Kristopher L. Hutchens were each indicted on six other counts: aggravated assault, burglary and two counts each of making false statements and violation of oath by a public officer.
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According to East Point police, Robinson fired a shot at officers, who returned gunfire. Robinson was shot 76 times and died. He was 26 (Remember in the excerpt from another article, the gun that they claim they found was inoperable)
][link:
https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-us-marshal-clayton-officer-indicted-in-death-of-man-shot-76-times/QI6S5UCNEVAK3FGDWNX6R6ITJY/|
I am glad they have been indicted. Everyone that was there should be indicted. I am annoyed at the media's coverage of this story.
The backstory here is Jamarion suffered from Schizophrenia. The week before his murder, his mother woke up one night to the smell of gasoline. She said Jamarion had stopped taking his medication and had become paranoid, she called to get him help.
He took off. The police that responded treated this as a crime and not a healthcare issue and that Jamarion was in need of medical help.
A warrant for attempted arson was issued for his arrest. They told his mother he was trying to kill her.
They claim that days later Jamarion pointed a gun at an officer. They got another warrant for that.
Jamarion's mother states that the picture they showed her of the person they thought pointed the gun at an officer was not Jamarion!
This was such a brutal killing. Not only did they fire 90 shots. They threw 2 grenades at him. Handcuffed him after all that and dragged his body down the stairs.
They cannot be allowed to hide behind immunity.
