COLUMBUS, Ohio — A series of shootings by white Ohio police officers of Black adults and children in recent years and subsequent racial injustice protests have led to calls for changes in policing in the state, new use of force requirements and implementation of body cameras. The shootings leading to such changes include the December 2020 death of Casey Goodson …
CNN — A Franklin County Sheriff’s Office deputy was in Columbus, Ohio, on December 4 looking for violent offenders. An attorney for Meade says Goodson pointed a gun at the deputy prior to the shooting, adding “there has been confirmation that our client gave verbal commands for Mr. Goodson to drop the gun.” Police have said no other officers witnessed …
CNN — An attorney for the Ohio deputy who fatally shot Casey Goodson Jr. says the young Black man pointed a gun at his client – an allegation that was swiftly challenged by lawyers for Goodson’s family. In the first public statement made on Meade’s behalf, attorney Mark Collins said that Goodson pointed a gun at the deputy and ignored …
Federal authorities have launched an investigation into the police shooting of a 23-year-old Black man, who was killed last week as he entered his Columbus, Ohio, home with sandwiches for his family. Last Friday afternoon, Franklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Meade was working for the US Marshals Service helping search for a fugitive when he saw a man with a …
CNN — Casey Goodson Jr and his family were treated as suspects and law enforcement in Columbus, Ohio, quickly assumed a shooting that left the 23-year-old dead was justified, the family’s attorneys said. During the US Marshal’s task force operation in Columbus, Meade reported seeing a man with a gun and was investigating the situation when there was reportedly a …
CNN — A sheriff’s deputy working for a fugitive task force shot and killed a Black man trying to enter his own home in Columbus, Ohio, last week in a case that is now being investigated by federal authorities. Meade was working for the US Marshal’s fugitive task force looking for violent offenders at the time, but Goodson was not …
