Posted December 9, 2016 10:05 am by Comments

By Bob Owens

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The family of a paralyzed drug dealer who was shot in a fight with a police officer is very angry that the officer is not being charged for protecting himself from their criminal relative.

Dash camera footage of the officer-involved shooting of Jerime Mitchell has been made public.

The release of the footage comes after weeks of calls for its disclosure by family, friends and supporters of Mitchell. Cedar Rapids officials have maintained they would release the video at the conclusion of the investigation into the shooting. On Tuesday, Linn County Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden announced a grand jury found Officer Lucas Jones was justified in his use of deadly force and said video of the incident would be released after Mitchell’s family had a chance to review it.

The Iowa-Nebraska NAACP and its Cedar Rapids branch, along with Mitchell’s family and concerned citizens, plan to host a news conference “to address numerous concerns raised after the viewing of the video,” according to a news release. The news conference is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the African-American Museum of Iowa in Cedar Rapids.

Jones shot Mitchell in the early morning hours of Nov. 1 following a …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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