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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bynum, Russ (August 14, 2020). "Georgia trooper charged with murder in traffic stop shooting". Associated Press . Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Elassar, Alaa; Silverman, Hollie (August 15, 2020). "Georgia State Patrol trooper charged with murder after shooting a Black man". CNN . Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Autry, Enoch (August 15, 2020). "Georgia trooper charged with murder in shooting of Black man. 'He was a kind soul,' widow says at vigil". USA Today . Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ↑ Waller, Allyson (August 15, 2020). "Georgia Trooper Is Charged in Fatal Shooting of Black Driver". The New York Times . Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ↑ "Screven grand jury recommends no charge against ex-trooper Thompson in Lewis' death". Statesboro Herald. June 28, 2021.
- ↑ "Lawsuit Filed Against Screven County, Sheriff Mike Kile Over Alleged Open Records Act Violations". The Georgia Virtue. November 16, 2021.
- ↑ Stevens, Alexis (September 13, 2021). "Son of man killed by Georgia trooper wants feds involved, plans 63-mile march". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- ↑ "Family of man shot by trooper demands federal intervention, release of dashcam video after no indictment". WJCL. July 16, 2021.
- ↑ "With no new grand jury and no federal charge, case of former trooper closed".
