To be a Black man in America means death can come at any time, unannounced-even by the hands of those who supposedly took an oath to “protect and serve”.
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Jones was a graduate of the University of Akron with degrees in business administration and music, and mentored at My Brother’s Keeper, an organization for black youth, according to his LinkedIn page. He began playing drums when he was 3 and enjoyed fishing.
His boss, Dorothy Ellington, told news station WPTV: “He respected everyone”. His older brother Clinton Jones Jr., who everyone calls C.J., is a former National Football League wide receiver.
Wilfork, who attended Santaluces High in Palm Beach with Jones, opened up to Houston Texans’ beat reporters on Thursday as he readied for Sunday’s game. He knew what do…
How did Corey Jones end up on side of the highway?
Jones, a South Florida drummer, was on his way home from his band’s gig when his vehicle broke down on I-95.
Attorneys for Jones’ family, including Benjamin Crump, who has represented the families of Trayvon Martin and other slain black people, met privately with Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg on Thursday. They tried adding oil but it didn’t help. That’s what we’re praying for, that’s what we’re pushing for and we’re not going to stop pushing either.
It said the decision was made “to provide the family of Corey Jones and the community with a thorough and accurate investigation”. His gun was somewhere between his body and his SUV.
Yes. Corey was a legal gun owner. He purchased the gun three days before he would be killed.
“How did Corey know that this was a police officer?”
Palm Beach Gardens police have neither said whether Raja followed department policy and procedure, nor whether there is any policy that pertains to that situation.
Jones was shot dead by Palm Beach Gardens police officer Nouman Raja.
In the wake of the shooting, Palm Beach Gardens Police requested that PBSO handle the case to eliminate the appearance of a conflict of interest.
Investigators recovered a handgun on the ground that matched a box found in the auto, Stepp said.
What led to the fatal encounter?
Raja, who was hired by the department in April after seven years with Atlantis police, was still in his first year of probation, which is common for new hires.
“He had no business leaving his post without his supervisor’s permission, which he didn’t have”, a police source told the website. This allegation, if found to be factual, would seriousl bring into question the police claim that Officer Raja shot Jones because he was “suddenly confronted” by a supposedly “armed suspect”, as police assert.
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Crump notes that the Raja was not wearing a badge. We now need to know where, on his body, was Jones hit by these three shots? Are we to believe Corey Jones pulled a gun-on someone he most surely didn’t know was a police officer-but then ran away without his gun only to be killed 80 to 100 feet from his vehicle, and gun? The Guardian also reported Raja had been accused of mishandling evidence and paperwork by a previous police department.
