ATLANTA, GA — A federal lawsuit is being filed by Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard against the U.S. Department of Justice in the case of a man who was shot 59 times by federal and local law enforcement officials in August 2016. Jamarion Robinson, 26, was killed in his girlfriend’s East Point apartment while authorities were attempting to serve a warrant on Robinson in which he allegedly fired a gun at police in a prior incident.
According to a press advisory, the DA’s office will file a federal lawsuit Friday against the Department of Justice for failure to provide information in the Robison case requested through the Freedom of Information Act.
Robinson’s family said the man had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, and said the officers were not trained to execute warrants for people with psychiatric conditions.
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Howard is filing the lawsuit against the department for what he calls “its failure to provide information requested through the Freedom of Information Act related to the death.”
A Fulton County Grand Jury has also issued subpoenas for the information requested through the Freedom of Information Act, as well as, subpoenas for the individuals who were present and witnessed the shooting to appear before the Grand Jury on February 5, 2018.
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