A popular 31-year-old church drummer waiting for a tow truck near his broke down car on the side of the highway at three a.m. was killed when a plainclothes officer fired six shots at him.
When Corey Jones’ car broke down on Interstate 95, Palm Beach Gardens Police Officer Nouman Raja, clad not in a police uniform but in jeans, t-shirt, and a baseball cap, showed up on the scene in an unmarked van with tinted windows and no police lights.
How could anyone deduce that guy was a police officer unless he had something with which to formally identify himself? The family’s attorneys say they do not believe Officer Raja announced who he was or ever showed a badge.
Via the Sun Sentinel:
‘We believe Corey went to his grave not knowing if this was a real cop,’ said Benjamin Crump, a high-profile civil rights attorney representing Jones’ family…
‘How (would) Corey know that this was a police officer?’ Crump asked. ‘He didn’t know if he’s about to be robbed … if he’s about to be killed.’
Police, on the other hand, say that Raja pulled over because he thought the car was abandoned, and that Jones confronted Raja with a gun which prompted the officer to open fire.
But did Raja ever announce himself to be a cop?
This post was published at The Daily Sheeple on October 23rd, 2015.
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