Monday, November 8, 2010

No Immunity For Torrey Thompson. I.A. Statement Thrown Out

Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that former DeKalb Police Officer Torrey Thompson is not immune from prosecution for defending himself when he used deadly force attempting to apprehend Lorenzo Matthews in July of 2006.

On the other hand, it was a major victory for officers who are forced to give statements to Internal Affairs. The court ruled statements given to I.A. cannot be used in prosecution. It's a crying shame the D.A.'s office attempted to use Torrey's I.A. statements against him.

Read more here.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Too bad the DA and the courts don't go after real crooks the way they go after the police.

Anonymous said...

He was just doing his job. What would anyone do when put in the same situation?

Anonymous said...

This just goes to show you how f*cked up things are in this county. Gwne Keyes was a joke as a District Attorney. Career criminals routinely got passes from her Assistant DA's. Slam dunk cases against the worst criminals you can imagine were not presented to the Grand Jury or the defendants were offered pathetically weak probation sentences. But when it comes to prosecuting Thompson, a DeKalb County Police Office, she goes so far as to try to over turn case law established by the U.S. Supreme Court!!! It's called the Garrity case!! Either Gwen is too stupid to know about it, or she hates law enforcement so much that she thinks she should be able to circumvent it!

If Gwen put half as much effort into prosecuting real criminals as she put into trying to screw over Thompson, the crime rate in DeKalb would be half what it is today.

Anonymous said...

What about Vernon why didn't Gwen Keyes go after him? Raping, Thugging, and stealing from Dekalb County. Only God can save us now,

Anonymous said...

Because Vernon is a real perp. Gwen doesn't know how to go after them.

Anonymous said...

To anonymous 10:00 P M you asked why Keyes didn't go after Jones? Can you spell "Dwight Thomas, Attorney at Law"? Keyes, Jones and Thomas: way too many connections there--and Thomas holds a high position on the Board of Governors. Members are appointed by the Governor. Need I say anymore? Read about the Board of Gov. And remember: Thomas was the one who personally contacted the alleged victim almost immed.after the "encounter"..so what does that tell you? He didn't even get a slap on the wrist! Nothing like a day in the life in DeKalb .

Anonymous said...

Blog master or whatever you call yourself you know nothing at all. The incident took place in 2006 and I.A statements could never be used in criminal cases. Do your research first.

DeKalb Officers said...

Sorry for the typo, however, we did not prosecute the case. Gewn Keyes attempted to use Officer Thompson's I.A. statement against him.

Maybe you should research the case, or at least read AJC article.

Anonymous said...

True, IA statement never could be used against you. That's the point, stupid! Gwen Keyes was trying to circumvent case law so she could screw over Thompson!

Like the blogmaster said, know what you're talking about before you open your mouth!

Anonymous said...

Actually, the issue was could his statements to Major Felony be allowed in.

His attorneys successfully argued that Thompson didn't know he could refuse to give statements to Major Felony; that in fact he thought he was required to give statements to them.

You have to cooperate with IA or be sanctioned. But IA statements can't be used without first advising that the incident is going from an administrtrive investigation to a criminal one, the basis for the Garrity rule.

You don't have to cooperate with Major Felony, their's is a criminal investigation and Miranda and the 5th Amendment apply.

Anonymous said...

Thompson was wrong on what he did in the first place. We all fall under the law just as civilians. The badge doesn't give us the right to chase an unarmed person and fire at them, even if he is a shit bag.

Anonymous said...

That's the problem with this blog, everyone reads it and thinks everything on it is the truth but it's not.

Anonymous said...

The problem with this blog would be imbeciles like you.

Only a liberal loving idot would believe Thompson did something wrong. If you wear a badge it should be taken away from you. But, unfortunately, people like you actually live and breathe.

Obviously, you don't believe in standing beside, behind, in front of, or anywhere near a brother in blue. You're a disgrace.

Thompson did nothing wrong given the circumstances and stress of the events that took place.

Gwen Keyes is the one who should be on trial, not Thompson.