Family sues JSO after 22-year-old son killed by police

JACKSONVILLE, Florida. – The family of a 22-year-old man shot to death by a police officer is suing the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

Last year, the State Prosecutor’s Office analyzed Jamee Johnson’s shooting death and decided that the shooting was justified.

However, Johnson’s family lawyer disagrees and is suing Sheriff Mike Williams and Officer Josue Garriga, the officer who pulled the trigger.

Although he cannot bring Johnson back, the family says it could take them one step closer to justice.

This camera video shows the moments before, during and after Johnson was shot four times by Garriga.

If the court agrees, the city will have to concede among seven things “economic losses and punitive damages of at least $ 100,000”.

“The biggest inconsistency of all of this, the biggest lie is the story of Josue Garriga,” said Johnson’s family lawyer, Harry Daniels. “Your sworn testimony, versus the coroner’s report, versus the video, versus the eyewitness.”

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Daniels claims that Johnson was not a threat and that Garriga’s testimony would have positioned Johnson to be shot from right to left.

Daniels said Jamee got out of the vehicle with his hands raised above his head, surrendering and the autopsy report shows that the bullets hit him “from left to right”, contradicting Garriga’s testimony.

Johnson’s father says he wants justice.

“He did some bad things that he shouldn’t have put back in the car, he should have tried to run away, but he said at the beginning that he was scared of the police and he stopped at the end and gave up.” Harvey Johnson said.

The Johnson family will now wait to see if the federal court agrees or disagrees with the lawsuit.

The city of Jacksonville said it “will not comment on pending litigation”, which is standard for anyone involved in this civil case.

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