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>>MARY BAER: TOMORROW FOR THE FIRST TIME WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING
GREGORY MCMICHAEL ONE OF THE 2
MEN CHARGED IN THE DEATH ON OUR
BERRY AND AS WE TOLD YOU
EARLIER THIS HOUR WE HEARD FROM
ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING
MCMICHAELS SON TRAPPED TRAVIS
MCMICHAEL TODAY, THEY ASKED
PEOPLE TO RESERVE JUDGMENT THE
CASE UNTIL ALL FACTS ARE
PRESENTED
IN COURT.
>> POLICE REPORTS STATE THAT
TRAVIS MCMICHAEL OF HIS FATHER
DROVE DOWN THE STREET LOOKING
FOR A MAN THEY SAW HIM RUNNING
DOWN THE ROAD IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD. THE REPORT STATES
THAT WHO SAW OUR BERRY AND
SHOUTED AT HIM TO STOP RUNNING.
THEN
TRAVIS MCMICHAEL GOT OUT OF THE
TRUCK WITH HIS FIREARM VIDEO
SHOWING THE TO STRUGGLE OVER
THE GUN. AND THEN AFTER THIS
YOU CAN HEAR 3 GUNSHOTS AND
THEN CR BERRY FALL TO THE
GROUND.
>>MARY BAER: NEWS 4 JAX HAS ALSO LEARNED THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT NOW HAS ANOTHER
REQUEST TO INVESTIGATE THE
GLYNN COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
AND THE BRUNSWICK D A AS WE
REPORTED YESTERDAY, U.S.
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS, A FORMER
DISTRICT
ATTORNEY HERSELF WROTE THIS
FORMAL LETTER TO ATTORNEY
GENERAL
WILLIAM BARR IT SAYS THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO
INDEPENDENTLY INVESTIGATE IF
THE HANDLING OF MISTER ARBERY’S
CASE ALSO FITS WITHIN A
DISTURBING PATTERN OF
MISCONDUCT IN THE GLYNN COUNTY
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
GEORGIA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL ALSO
MADE THE REQUEST TO THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT.
>>KENT JUSTICE: NEWS 4 JAX I
TEAM INVESTIGATOR LINDSAY
GARDINER DIGS INTO THE OTHER
CONTROVERSIAL CASES NOW COMING
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.
>> CAROLINE SMALL KATIE KETTLE
SASSER JOHNNY HALL JUNIOR, 3
PEOPLE
ALL DEAD, 3 SHOOTINGS ALL
INVOLVING ONE GLYNN COUNTY
POLICE OFFICER. THE NEWS 4 JAX
I TEAM FOUND THEY WERE ALL
KILLED YEARS APART IN UNDER
DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT WE
ALSO UNCOVERED QUESTIONS STILL
SURROUND THE INVOLVEMENT, A
BRUNSWICK DISTRICT ATTORNEY
JACKIE JOHNSON.
>> IN ALL 3 CASES GOING COUNTY
STANDS OUT AS PERHAPS THE A.
AND THE WORST EXAMPLE, MY
CAREER.
THERE IS A CULTURE SET FROM THE
TOP PROTECT YOUR OWN.
TO FALL.
TO FALL. >> BILL ATKINS A FORMER GEORGIA PROSECUTOR IN CIVIL RIGHTS
ATTORNEY PRACTICING FOR 25
YEARS. HE WAS REPRESENTED
CAROLINE SMALL’S FAMILY IN A
CIVIL SUIT OVER THE DEADLY USE
OF FORCE BY GLYNN COUNTY
POLICE.
AND VIDEO
SHOWS SMALL LEADING OFFICERS ON
A LOW-SPEED CHASE IN 2010.
THE 35 YEAR-OLD MOTHER
WAS UNARMED AND PAIN GAIN WHEN
SHE WAS SHOT THROUGH HER
WINDSHIELD BY 2 GLYNN COUNTY
POLICE OFFICERS. TODD SIMPSON
AND
CORY SASSER DA JOHNSON
PRESENTED THE OFFICER INVOLVED
SHOOTING TO A GRAND JURY.
IT WAS THERE THAT ATTORNEY JACK
IN SAYS THE D A MAKE
CRITICAL MISSTEPS
FIRST JOHNSON PROVIDED THE
OFFICERS DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WITH
THE EVIDENCE BEFORE SHE
PRESENTED IT TO A
GRAND JURY. SECOND JOHNSON WENT
BEFORE THE GRAND JURY WITHOUT
PRESENTING AN INDICTMENT
AND 3RD JOHNSON ALLOWED THE
DEFENSE ATTORNEYS TO ACTUALLY
PARTICIPATE IN THE GRAND JURY
HEARING BY ASKING QUESTIONS.
ATKINS SAYS ALL 3 OF THESE
ACTIONS WERE VIOLATIONS OF
GEORGIA LAW.
>> SHE VIOLATED THAT PLAINLY
AN ACQUITTAL AND THERE WAS NO
CONSEQUENCE OF THAT IN FACT THE
2 MEN
WENT FREE.
>> AND CAROLINE SMALL’S CASE DO
YOU FEEL LIKE THE 2 OFFICERS
SHOULD FACE CHARGES.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> I DON’T THINK ANY DOUBT
ABOUT IT THE WHOLE THING WAS
JUST ONE OF THE WORST ABUSES
OF AUTHORITY. IN EFFORTS TO
PROTECT AND. FRANKLY
COVER UP. POLICE MISCONDUCT
I’VE
EVER SEEN. IT’S NEAR IT’S
REMARKABLE TO ME THAT THAT
WOMAN STILL HAS HER JOB MONTHS
AFTER THE SMALL SHOOTING THE I
TEAM FOUND OFFICER CORY SASSER
WAS PROMOTED.
>> FAST FORWARD TO
2018. DESPITE BEING ACCUSED OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. BOTHER
FORCING HIS WIFE KICKING INNER
DOOR AND THREATENING TO KILLER
THAT MOMENT WAS CAPTURED ON
POLICE BODY CAM IT SAID THAT
TONIGHT, YES HE DID TO.
>> HE’S UP TO JUST GET HIM OFF.
>> IF WE KICK IN ON THEIR DOOR.
THAT YOU MAKE IT OR DON’T. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT. HEY YOU KNOW WHAT IF YOU OR YOUR CAT
OR A GLASS AND COMER IT OUT.
>> THE LOOK ON THE DOOR TO YOU
BUDDY, I’M A
LITTLE UPSET.
>> I CAN THAT THE NOW POLICE
LIEUTENANT WAS GRANTED
NOT ONE, BUT TO BONDS TO GET
OUT OF THE GLYNN COUNTY JAIL.
HE WAS
THEN FIRED, BUT STILL ABLE TO
TRACK DOWN HIS EX-WIFE KATIE
CATTLE SASSER AND HER FRIEND
JOHNNY HALL JUNIOR. SHOOT AND
MURDER, BOTH OF THEM BEFORE
KILLING HIMSELF.
>> BECAUSE CORY SASSER AVOIDED
JUSTICE AND CAROLINE
SMALL CASE AND WAS THUS FREE TO
COMMIT TO HORRIFIC CRIMES.
LESS THAN 5 YEARS LATER.
THAT’S THE CONSEQUENCE OF
PROTECTING YOUR OWN TO
A FALL.
>> IS THERE A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM
WITH JUSTICE.
IN BRUNSWICK.
>> IN GLYNN COUNTY. I DON’T
LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY.
BUT I.
>> WORRY FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO DO.
>>JOY PURDY: THE I TEAM REACH
OUT TO JOHNSON’S PERSONAL
ATTORNEY AS WELL AS HER OFFICE
FOR COMMENT. THEY BOSON IS THE SAME STATEMENT RELEASED 2 DAYS AGO SAYING IN PART.
WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT ANY
INVESTIGATION WILL ULTIMATELY
SHOW THAT OUR OFFICE ACTED
APPROPRIATELY UNDER THE
CIRCUMSTANCES OUR OBLIGATION
HAS BEEN AND WILL
ALWAYS BE TO HONOR PROTECTED
ABIDE BY THE LAW
IN THE INTEREST OF PROTECTING
THE INTEGRITY OF ANY FUTURE
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. OUR OFFICE