AUGUSTA, GA (20 OCT 2021) Read the full article Black driver, 24, dies after being tased during traffic stop
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AUGUSTA, GA (14 OCT 2021) Read the full article ‘He’s brain dead’: Family loses hope as cops detail fateful clash
He was tased in the back by an officer, “causing him to fall on the ground,” according to Georgia officials.
The family says they asked Jones’ doctor if the injuries could have come from being tased and falling down and hitting his head. They say the doctor told them no, it was the result of blunt-force trauma.
The family shared medical records with News 12 that showed Jones Jr. suffered subdural hematoma, severe traumatic brain injury and brain swelling. Doctors performed brain surgery and found a swollen and bleeding brain, according to the records.
“How he going to fall that hard from a tase? I was right there and saw the whole thing,”
said Jones’ father, Jermaine Jones Sr.
The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office said the encounter with Jones Jr. began after deputies conducted a traffic stop at 7:12 p.m. Monday at Highland Avenue at Clifton Street on a sport utility vehicle. Officers stopped a vehicle with three men in it. One of the men, Jones Jr., ran from officers, authorities said. After Jones Jr. fled during a traffic stop he was tased by one officer and there was a struggle between officers and Jones in the attempts to detain him. While on the way to jail, Jones Jr. experienced symptoms requiring medical treatment and he was taken to a local hospital.
Jones’ father was in the vehicle. He said they were on the way from a towing yard when they were pulled over. He said there were about six deputies who appeared to be narcotics officers. He said they searched the vehicle and found a gun. He says that’s when his son fled. Jones Sr. said he witnessed officers hitting his son. “They were on him beating him and I got up and said, ‘Hey, that’s my child. What are y’all doing?” Jones Sr. said.
