Justice for Kendrick Johnson

Justice for Kendrick Johnson

Started
June 4, 2020
Petition to
GBI and 4 others
Signatures: 43,026Next Goal: 50,000
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Started by KALEY DUFFY

On January 11, 2013, the body of Kendrick Johnson(October 10, 1995 — January 10, 2013) was discovered inside a vertical rolled-up mat in the gymnasium of Lowndes High School in Valdosta, in the U.S. state of Georgia, where he was a student. A preliminary investigation and autopsy concluded that the death was accidental. Johnson's family had a private pathologist conduct a second autopsy which concluded that Johnson died from blunt force trauma. On October 31, 2013, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that his office would open a formal review into Johnson's death. On June 20, 2016, the US DOJ announced that it would not be filing any criminal charges related to Johnson's death. Kendrick Johnson's family filed a $100 million civil lawsuit against 38 individuals. The lawsuit alleged that Johnson's death was a murder and accused the respondents of a conspiracy to cover up the homicide. That lawsuit was subsequently withdrawn. A judge ordered the Johnsons and their attorney to pay more than $292,000 in legal fees to the defendants.The judge in that case accused the Johnsons and their attorney of fabricating evidence to support their claims.

I remember this happening back then...made me sick. Clear as day this was foul play. No justice whatsoever. A travesty. I’m from a neighboring town in south GA. Stuff like this isn’t anything new sadly.This left a mark then...I’m just sorry it took me until now to step up and speak out. In America in 2020, we can’t continue to let racists win. Now is the time to finally get long overdue justice for not only Kendrick but all those black men & women whose lives were taken far too soon. Please sign & share!! #BlackLivesMatter♥️

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Decision Makers

  • FBI
  • GBI
  • Lowndes County Police Dept.
  • Middle District Court of Georgia
  • usdoj