![]() ![]() Lynsey Weatherspoon for The Marshall Project Bottom: The townhouse in suburban Atlanta where he died. Jamarion, at left in red in a family photo. Top: Monteria Robinson, Jamarion's mother, filed a federal lawsuit against the law enforcement agencies involved in her son’s death. The matter is now before a federal judge. The Justice Department maintains it has jurisdiction over the incident and doesn’t have to give him most of the information he seeks. says, the federal government is blocking his investigation. But the local district attorney had questions: Why didn’t they take his schizophrenia into consideration when planning his arrest? Why didn’t they try to get him to surrender? Did Robinson shoot at the officers? Was his killing justified? Attorney’s office in Atlanta cleared the task force of wrongdoing. They shot Robinson 59 times, killing him. Armed with submachine guns and flash-bang grenades, task force members broke down the door to a friend’s duplex he was visiting. ![]() The task force treated him as a major threat. The Atlanta Police Department asked a special fugitive task force-staffed mostly by local cops but led by the U.S. ![]() Attorneys Paul Mysliwiec and Nicholas Mote are prosecuting the case.This story was published in collaboration with Vice and USA Today.Ī few days later, abandoned clothes and papers in a vacant apartment pointed to a likely suspect: Jamarion Robinson, a 26-year-old former college football star with a recent history of psychotic episodes but no felony record. The FBI Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case in conjunction with the New Mexico State Police and the Albuquerque Multiagency Officer Involved Shooting Team. Per the plea agreement, Nelson faces between 10 and 30 years at sentencing. "By continuing to work together, we help keep our residents safe and send a message that crimes such as assaults against the brave men and women of the law enforcement community will not be tolerated," said Raul Bujanda, FBI Special Agent in Charge. Their bravery and tireless dedication to our communal safety is an inspiration to us all.” Every day, federal, state, and local law enforcement partners work to fulfill that responsibility. “Fulfilling that promise is our most urgent shared challenge. “Everyone deserves to feel safe in our community,” said Alexander M.M. Officers from the Laguna Pueblo arrived on scene and Nelson was arrested. The officer observed Nelson retrieve a rifle from the floorboard of his vehicle and waited for back up to arrive. The officer pursued and caught up with Nelson, still traveling west on I-40, and pulled him over again. The officer fell to the ground, but immediately got back up and returned fire as the truck sped off. The officer raised her hands to shield her face, and the second and third bullets struck her in the hands, causing serious and permanent injury. The muzzle blast and initial round from the revolver shattered the passenger window, sending shards of glass into the officer’s face and eyes. ![]() 22 caliber pistol three times at the officer through the window. After the vehicles were stopped, and as the officer approached Nelson’s vehicle from the passenger side, Nelson raised and fired a. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), initiated a traffic enforcement stop on Nelson’s vehicle for following another vehicle too closely. 12, 2020, a New Mexico State Police Officer, serving as a Task Force Officer with U.S. Nelson, 31, of Scottsdale, Arizona, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.Īccording to the plea agreement, on Sept. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Robert Benjamin Nelson pled guilty to attempted murder of a federal task force officer and discharging a firearm during a federal crime of violence. ![]()
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