The prosecutor’s announcement came as a crowd gathered outside the building that houses his office, pleading for justice for Jones and transparency in the investigation.
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Jones told Huntsberger that his SUV had broken down and asked if he could help, so Huntsberger drove to find his bandmate, who was stranded on Interstate 95 in Palm Beach, Fla. “Two or three times more, and they become family”, Dixon said.
Around 3 a.m., Palm Beach Gardens police Officer Nouman Raja pulled up to check out what he thought was an abandoned vehicle.
Palm Beach Gardens is a roughly 50,000-resident city near Palm Beach, made up primarily of white residents. “Put them in jail, if that’s possible”.
Family members, several of whom are clergy members in the Palm Beach region, and friends have described Jones as a well-known and liked church drummer.
“The family is looking for Aronberg to be transparent and impartial”, Louis said.
Corey Jones, 31, had just played a gig and was heading home early on the morning of October 18 when his auto broke down.
The U.S. Department of Justice said in a report this year that the lack of information given out by police following the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., stoked public unrest. The Executive Branch of Government, like DCF and all other Law Enforcement Agencies, have had a long history of abuse in Florida.
Attorneys and local religious leaders also spoke to the crowd Wednesday, calling for more accountability for officers involved in police brutality cases.
“It’s very painful to go through such as we’re going through”, Jones’ grandfather, Sylvester Banks, said at the rally.
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“Corey’s life was worth something”, he said.
