Police Charged with Burglary and Murder After Shooting Man 76 Times

For years, the family of a 26-year-old Atlanta man who was shot 76 times by police believed their only option was to file a civil rights case against the policemen involved. However, five years after Jamarion Robinson was shot down in his own house, the police responsible for his death are being brought to justice this month.

Eric Heinze, an assistant chief inspector with the United States Marshals' Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, and Kristopher Hutchens, a Clayton County police officer assigned to the task force, have been charged with criminal murder.

Along with the two murder accusations, both cops were charged with aggravated assault, burglary, making false statements, and public officer oath violation.

Though there is nobody camera film, the sheer number of gunshot wounds in Robinson's body dispels any idea of required and reasonable force.

"My kid was shot over 90 times, flash-bang grenades were thrown at him and fell on him, burning him. Someone ascended the steps, took a position above him, and fired down into his body twice more. Following that, he was chained and dragged down a flight of steps," stated his mother, Monteria Robinson. "My son's body is sufficient as a bodycam. Each day, I awaken with anxiousness. I've been in combat mode since my kid was murdered. I want closure."

Robinson had never been arrested or convicted of a crime prior to his death at the hands of police. He was just suffering from a mental health crisis, which culminated in his cruel death.

In August 2016, cops kicked down the door on Jamarion Robinson's girlfriend's apartment in Parkside Camp Creek Luxury Apartments and started shooting shots inside. Robinson was assassinated by members of numerous police task forces from a variety of different agencies, including the United States Marshal Service.

On that fateful August day, officers were executing an arrest warrant for Robinson. Robinson allegedly brandished a pistol at authorities during a prior incident. However, various testimonies indicate that Robinson posed no danger to the police at the time of the shot. Additionally, he was simply "believed" to be the individual who brandished a pistol at authorities and fled.

According to the complaint, "at the time of the shooting, Jamarion Robinson posed no danger to the defendant police or anybody else."

According to the complaint, Robinson was diagnosed with schizophrenia and the responding cops were never trained to deal with mentally ill individuals.

A private investigator hired by Robinson's mother discovered evidence of bullets fired directly into the ground where her son's corpse lay - suggesting that a cop or police approached his body, stood over it, and fired at point-blank range to kill him off. Cellphone footage from a neighbouring apartment captured almost three minutes of police firing and corroborates these accusations.

As stated by the AJC:

The lawsuit alleges that cops knocked on the apartment door but then broke it down and "sprayed" the inside with 9 mm and.40 mm submachine guns, as well as.40 mm Glock handguns.

Additionally, it accuses the task force's US Marshals of tampering with evidence by handcuffing Robinson at his residence after he died from his gunshot wounds and tossing a flash grenade into the room.

Eight identifiable law enforcement officers from a variety of different law enforcement agencies, as well as 11 unnamed officers, were mentioned in the case. It claims that cops used excessive force, fabricated evidence, and fabricated reports.

According to the complaint, between 59 and 76 gunshots or more were discovered entering Robinson's body and killing him. The action names the officers involved, who work for the Atlanta Police Department, the East Point Police Department, the Fulton County Police Department, the Clayton County Fire and Police Departments, the Fayette County Sheriff's Office, and the United States Marshals Service.

Monteria Robinson said during the case, "I want to know why 76 bullets penetrated my son's body."

The lawsuit alleges that the officers "conspired to stop, seize, shoot, and injure Jamarion Robinson in violation of his constitutional rights, to destroy and fabricate evidence, to complete false, inaccurate, and misleading reports, and to make false statements to superior officers in order to conceal their wrongdoing."

The accusations now seem to be consistent with what they said in the complaint.