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August 17, 2020

White Georgia State Trooper Charged with Murdering Black Motorist
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In Georgia, state investigators have filed murder and assault charges
against a white police officer who fatally shot a 60-year-old Black man
during a traffic stop north of Savannah earlier this month. The
indictment alleges 27-year-old highway patrol officer Jacob Gordon
Thompson tried to stop Julian Edward Roosevelt Lewis over a burned-out
tail light and gave chase on a dirt road when Lewis tried to drive away.
After forcing Lewis's car into a ditch, officer Thompson allegedly drew
his gun and fired a single shot into Lewis's head almost immediately
after exiting his patrol car.


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