Roadside assistance caught the cop who killed my cousin. Justice shouldn't be so rare.
10 December 2021
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10 December 2021
Six years ago, my cousin Corey Jones, a musician, was driving home from a gig in Jupiter, Florida, when his SUV broke down. He was on the phone with roadside assistance when an undercover officer pulled up in an unmarked vehicle. The officer, Nouman Raja, asked my cousin whether everything was OK. Corey, who was still on the phone, responded yes. "Really?" Raja said in a condescending tone. Then six shots rang out. Three struck Corey. And he was dead. Raja claimed he acted in self-defense when he killed Corey. But the roadside assistance recording revealed the truth: Corey never ...
Roadside assistance caught the cop who killed my cousin. Justice shouldn't be so rare.
I played in the NFL for 14 years, and on our team we didn't want someone we couldn't rely on.\u00a0That same mindset should be had within law enforcement.
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Scott's lawsuit, which was filed in federal court on November 13, comes roughly six years after the high-profile case of stranded motorist Corey Jones, a Black musician who was fatally shot by Palm Beach Gardens police officer Nouman Raja while waiting for a tow truck after his SUV broke down on the I-95 exit ramp at PGA Boulevard. (Raja was sentenced to 25 years in prison for manslaughter and attempted murder, making him the first Florida police officer in nearly 30 years to be convicted and sentenced for an on-duty killing. Last week, the Florida Supreme Court rejected his appeal.)
