Young Black Man’s Family Demands Answers, While His Shooters
Freely Work The Same Streets Of Sacramento He Was Killed
The family of Kershawn Geyger, the 25-year-old man killed at the hands of Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies on Jan. 15, 2021, announced today that they have brought a lawsuit against the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office and the County of Sacramento for wrongful death resulting from deputies’ excessive use of force in the shooting of Kershawn Geyger.
The lawsuit, filed in Federal Court in the Eastern District of California, alleges that Kershawn Geyger was wrongfully shot and killed by Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies. The Complaint lists numerous causes of action including, wrongful death, violations of the United States Constitution, and the Bane Act. According to the lawsuit:
Neither the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department nor the County has provided any indication of the outcome of their internal investigation into the incident that claimed Geyger’s life. Meanwhile, these deputies remain on duty, posing a continued potential threat to the safety and well-being of the community.
Walter Mosley of Mosley & Associates, attorneys for the Geyger family, stated: “The open season of police killing men, women and children of color must stop. We cannot continue to ignore this senseless and tragic loss of life as if this is some type of police status quo. This Firm will continue its effort to hold the Sheriff’s Department accountable to the people they swear to serve and protect”.
Nathalie Meza Contreras, also of Mosley & Associates, stated: “Without any answers from the County of Sacramento or its Sheriff’s Department, the family of Kershawn Geyger now turns to the Courts to seek justice for his death at the hands of the Sheriff’s deputies. We want justice for Kershawn and his family"!
Yaphette Geiger,
the mother of Kershawn Geyger, said the following in conjunction with
the filing of the lawsuit: "I want answers".
On the evening of January 15, 2021, Geyger was shot and killed by the Sacramento County
In the
aftermath of Geyger’s death, the clear lack of transparency and
accountability by officials shows that the Sheriff’s Department and
County pay little regard to the life and death concerns or expectations
of justice from the community. Instead, the County and
Sheriff’s Department has
Kershawn’s brother, JW Geiger, who was in the same car as his brother during the fatal
The tragic and wholly unnecessary killing of Kershawn Geyger by Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies has heightened the already palpable sense of fear among community members – and Black community members in particular that they or a loved one may become another statistic in the acute crisis of fatal police violence across the United States.
The lawsuit is brought by Kershawn’s parents, Yaphette Geiger and Jethro Geiger, and his surviving children. The lawsuit demands more than $100,000,000 in damages. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department and County of Sacramento are required to respond to the lawsuit by Jan. 28, 2022.
"Nearly one year since the violent death of Kershawn Geyer, the deputies
We believe it is imperative for the media hear from the parents of Kershawn who appeared to be silenced due to the immediate press ploy video distributed to the media as a tactic by the Sacramento County’s Sheriff’s Department,” says Attorney Walter Mosley.
A press conference will be held via Zoom on January 10, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. PST with the Geiger Family, Black Lives Matter Sacramento, and attorneys Walter Mosley and Nathalie Meza Contreras of Mosley & Associates. The link to join the press conference is:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 875 431 7891
Passcode: Geyger
The parents of Mr. Geyger, their attorneys, and BLM will be available for comment during the upcoming press conference.
A copy of the complaint can be sent upon request to nmc@waltermosleyesq.com
source: EchoingSoundz