After 5 yr Delay 2 White GA Cops who Shot Unarmed Black College Student 59 Times are Charged with Murder, Break-In of Luxury Apartment. Cops Moved Jamarion Robinson's Body in Cover-Up

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From [HERE] Two white law enforcement officials charged in the 2016 shooting death of Jamarion Robinson, a 26-year-old Black Tuskeegee University student, will be in court this morning for an arraignment and plea hearing. Police officers Eric Heinze and Kristopher Hutchens were charged with felony murder, burglary, aggravated assault and making false statements in connection with the shooting on Oct. 27, 2021, five years after the initial incident.

With the exception of a traffic violation, Mr. Robinson had no criminal record. “What we all want to happen now is to send these killer cops to jail and throw away the key,” said the victim’s mother, Monteria Robinson as she announced that an indictment of the officers had been handed in the case on Monday, Feb. 28, 2022.

On Aug. 5, 2016, Jamarion Rashad Robinson, a 26-year-old Black Tuskeegee University student and was killed in East Point, GA after having been shot 76 times by police as they attempted to arrest him.

Robinson who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia was killed when at least 14 members of a Fugitive Taskforce from at least seven different agencies forced their way into his girlfriend’s apartment to serve a warrant for his arrest.

The warrant was being served on behalf of the Gwinnett County police and the Atlanta Police Department, and authorities said they had sought his arrest after he pointed a gun at police during a previous encounter. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) claimed that Robinson had been repeatedly ordered to put down a weapon and that officers who had been involved in the shooting reported Robinson fired at them three times. According to the complaint in the civil case:

On August 5, 2016, at approximately 12:30, seven or more members of the Task Force, including the Defendant-Officers, met at a church near Washington Road and Interstate 285 in Atlanta for the purpose of receiving information about serving an arrest warrant on decedent Jamarion Robinson at 3129 Candlewood Drive in Atlanta. Among other things, Steve O'Hare “relayed…ROBINSON’S mental health history” to the defendant officers in attendance. Approximately an hour after the meeting in the church the Defendant-Officers moved from the church near Washington Road and Interstate 285 to positions around and in front of 3129 Candlewood Drive. One or more of the Defendant-Officers pounded loudly on the front door of 3129 Candlewood Drive multiple times. Then one or more Defendant-Officers broke down the front door and, without cause or provocation by Jamarion Robinson, began “spraying” bullets around the interior of 3129 Candlewood Drive with one or more H&K 9 mm submachine guns, one or more H&K .40 mm submachine guns, and one or more Glock .40 pistols.

When one or more of the Defendant-Officers began “spraying” bullets around the interior of 3129 Candlewood Drive, they did not know how many people were in the building. Fifty-nine bullets or more from the sub-machine guns and Glocks of the Defendant Officers entered the body of Jamarion Robinson, killing him. After killing Jamarion Robinson, one or more of the defendants ascended a single flight of stairs to a second-floor landing, where the bullet-riddled corpse of Jamarion Robinson was lying.

With the intention of covering-up their actions by manipulating the evidence on the scene and with the intention making it more difficult if not impossible to accurately reconstruct the shooting-event, the defendant officers:

  • Set off a flash bang grenade after lethally shooting Jamarion Robinson;

  • Stood over Jamarion Robinson corpse and mutilated it by firing into it two 9 millimeter bullets;

  • Handcuffed the corpse knowing that it was lifeless and without the power of animation to react to them;

  • Put an oxygen rebreathing mask over the corpse knowing that it was lifeless and without the power of respiration;

  • Dragged the corpse from the second floor landing down a flight of stairs to the first floor, with the purpose of attempting to destroy the evidentiary connection:

  • between the bullet entry-and-exit wounds on the corpse and the surrounding walls, floor and ceiling;

  • between the corpse and the blood- and flesh-spatter patterns on the surrounding walls, floor and ceiling; and

  • between the corpse and its actual position when found by the defendant officers; and f. Otherwise tampered with the evidence on the scene with the intention of destroying the evidentiary value.


The Defendant-Officers had various less lethal uses of force as well as various devices, equipment and technology designed to aid in the detection and apprehension of “fugitives” and arrestees, including, but not limited to, flash-bang grenades and a robot equipped with video camera and microphone. 34. The Defendant-Officers failed to utilize any of these less lethal uses of force or devices, equipment or technology to locate and arrest Jamarion Robinson prior to using deadly force on Jamarion Robinson by shooting him with their firearms, including semi-automatic and fully automatic, high capacity firearms.

Despite having ample time and information regarding Jamarion Robinson’s location in a multi-unit building, his history of mental illness, and the possibility that Jamarion would be armed, the Defendant-Officers did not develop a plan to locate and arrest Jamarion Robinson in the residence using less than lethal force.

The Defendant-Officers did not develop a plan or utilize any strategies or techniques with the goal of preserving life while executing the arrest warrant for Jamarion Robinson. 38. The Defendant-Officers exclusive plan and method to apprehend Jamarion Robinson was to use deadly force by shooting him. 39. The Defendant-Officers’ use of semi-automatic and/or fully automatic, high capacity firearms did not allow for anything other than lethal force resulting in certain death.

The case was highlighted as an example of use of force by law enforcement officers after they were shot at, a lack of knowledge by police who interact with people who have a mental illness, a lack of transparency and accountability surrounding the actions of police officers, and a lack of use of body cameras by police and U.S. Marshals when serving arrest warrants. [MORE]

In an interview with rolling out, Robinson’s mother Monteria Robinson said the family has yet to get answers. Ms. Robinson said the FBI and the U.S. Attorney General’s Office have yet to get back to her about the shooting. She’s also still baffled by the absence of body cameras during the incident, particularly since federal agents were on the scene.