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Protesters in New Zealand performed the haka dance outside the U.S. consulate in Auckland in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement after the death of George Floyd. https://abcn.ws/2zUB3Ch

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  12. Georgia State Trooper Faces Felony Murder Charges In Traffic Stop Shooting
    August 17, 20204:33 PM ET
    Brakkton Booker at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., November 7, 2018. (photo by Allison Shelley)
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    Former state Trooper Jacob Gordon Thompson has been charged with felony murder and aggravated assault in the killing of Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis, a 60-year-old Black man.
    Georgia Department of Public Safety via AP/AP
    A former Georgia state trooper is facing felony murder and aggravated assault charges after he allegedly shot and killed a 60-year-old Black man during a traffic stop this month.

    The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Friday that Jacob Gordon Thompson, 27, was to be booked in the Screven County Jail in connection with an officer-involved shooting on Aug. 7 that resulted in the death of Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis.

    The agency also announced that the investigation is ongoing and that Thompson had been terminated from the Department of Public Safety, Georgia State Patrol.

    In a separate media release, the Georgia State Patrol said Thompson, who is white and had been a state trooper since 2013, was fired Friday due to his "negligence or inefficiency in performing assigned duties; or commission of a felony."

    According to the bureau's preliminary findings, Thompson attempted to stop Lewis, who was driving a Nissan Sentra, over a traffic offense.

    "The car refused to stop and led the trooper on a brief chase down several county roads," the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. "The trooper initiated a Precision Intervention Technique (PIT) and the car came to a stop in the ditch."

    At some point Thompson fired a single round, according to the bureau, and Lewis was pronounced dead at the scene.

    The trooper was not hurt, officials said.

    Other high-profile killings of Black men in Georgia

    The charges against Thompson come as calls to end to systemic racism and police brutality against communities of color have led to months-long national protests following the death of George Floyd on Memorial Day.

    Floyd, a Black man, was killed when a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes.

    Georgia has also recently seen other high-profile killings of Black men.

    Rayshard Brooks was killed after attempting to flee from Atlanta police officers following an encounter in a Wendy's restaurant parking lot in June.

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    One officer has been fired from the Atlanta Police Department and faces 11 charges, including felony murder. Another officer, who remains with the department, is facing lesser charges, including aggravated assault.

    Three white men, one of them a former law enforcement official, have been charged with murder in the February shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County.

    Details in the incident report

    In the Aug. 7 Department of Public Safety incident report, Thompson said he initially observed the vehicle driven by Lewis had a broken taillight.

    Thompson followed Lewis for a period of time, activating both his emergency lights and eventually his siren. "It became apparent to me that the violator did not intend to stop his vehicle," Thompson said, according to the report.

    Thompson performed a driving maneuver that led Lewis' vehicle to crash and came to a stop. Thompson pulled his service vehicle beside Lewis' and exited.

    "Being concerned for my safety, I drew my weapon as I got out of the vehicle," Thompson said in the incident report.

    It appears that Thompson fired his weapon into Lewis' vehicle and then asked to see his hands.

    "At some point, I heard the engine on the violator's vehicle revving at a high rate of speed. I activated the light on my weapon and observed the violator with both hands on the steering wheel," Thompson said.

    He also said he observed Lewis "wrenching the steering wheel in an aggressive back and forth manner towards me and my patrol vehicle."

    "It appeared to me that the violator was trying to use his vehicle to injure me," he added.

    "Being in fear for my life and safety, I discharged my weapon once. After I fired, the violator sat back motionless. I recall ordering him to show me his hands, but he remained motionless," the report said.

    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Lewis was shot in the forehead.

    Francys Johnson, the Lewis family attorney and former head of the Georgia NAACP, also told the newspaper that the U.S. Justice Department had approved his request to open a civil rights investigation into Lewis' death.

    "We got lots of messages from people in the community that the habit of ex-trooper Thompson was to racially profile and harass Black and brown people on the highway," Johnson told the Atlanta paper.

    "This was not shocking to them that this happened."

    Find both the full incident report and the use of force report here.

  16. Once again the mainstream media only reports what interests them and helps them rake in $$$$ from dirty politics.
    Yes I agree, Mr. Floyd should not have been treated the way he was by the authorities, however, how many ppl on this planet know the past and present of this now-deceased person.
    Watch this video for more insight: Candace Owens: "I DO NOT support George Floyd!" & Here's Why! | Durtty Daily
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtPfoEvNJ74&feature=youtu.be

  17. I just cried because this is such an honor to know such a powerful chant is for my people and that they actually care. Thank you for performing Haka for my people.

  27. If it was a white guy people wouldn't be protesing black people are so butthurt just because one black person dies people have to go crazy and start protesing people die everyday it's a part of life how is protesting gonna change what happened there are bad cops everyday out there that will never change

  29. Respect to my New Zealand 🇳🇿 people and much Love From BLM community ✊🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  31. Ah yes. Good old New Zealand coat tailing onto a world issue that has no relevance to them. Won’t be long before the history revisionists will start wanting to expunge any vestiges of their colonial past too.

  50. True democracy is when the people vote for what laws are passed into legislation and which laws are rejected. No power over law means government create their own power. If governments are bought by bribes, the elite, and corporations, you can expect coruption not in the peoples interest. When secret handshake society members are given preferance to positions of power to authorize law, then the people are powerless to stand against ingrained prejudice and the mafia style tactics that come with it. What we have is a pseudo democracy that is nothing more than marketing freedom under the disguise of fake voting democracy. We still do not get to decide our laws. The law via legislation is where the power is. Until the people can vote on laws via an app we have no real democracy.

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