i then get the crime lab report which tells me that the blood type is blood b. we were incredibly excited because we know now the perpetrator had type b blood. but we didn t know what john s blood type was. so what we did first, we called john. my blood type, i don t know. he said, you don t know your own blood type? no. you think your mom will know? i said, i don t know, call her and ask. i spoke to his mother, please tell me you know his blood type? no, i don t. so i m wracking my brain. i asked john, did you ever have surgery at any time of your life? if you did, they had to draw your blood and test it. yes, when i was a teenager at charity hospital. thank goodness. again, scramble, scramble, go to my connection there who was the director of the recks room director of the records room, and i said, three weeks are from now this man s going to be executed. it s a matter of life and death, please dig it up for me. and she did. the hospital records showed that thompson had blo
perpetrator s blood. he was uninjured so was his brother and sister. we assumed it was the perpetrator s blood. police files rerule that the carjacker s blood had been collected from the victim s pants. i went to the evidence room and i see that the pants were checked out by one of the d.a. s and not returned. i m like, hello? if they were so sure that john thompson was the carjacker, you would have tested his blood and gone tada, waived your crime lab report around the courtroom. that would have been your nail. i knew that something was going on that was very unscrupulous and was deliberate. deliberate. the defense was never told that the blood had been tested. so that revealed quite a bit about the prosecutors that had been handling thompson s case. my next move is to go to the crime lab. and act you can t tip off people who work for the police department you are on to something naughty. i just go in and go, i need to see this old report, please. i then get the crime lab re
police files confirm that the carjacker s blood had been collected from the victim s pants. i went to the evidence room and i see that the pants were checked out by one of the d.a. s and not returned. i m like, hello? if they were so sure that john thomson was the carjacker, you would have tested his blood and gone tada, waved your crime lab report around the courtroom. that would have been your nail. i knew that something was going on that was very unscrupulous and was deliberate. deliberate. the defense was never told that the blood had been tested. so that revealed quite a bit about the prosecutors that had been handling thompson s case. my next move is to go to the crime lab. and act you can t tip off people who work for the police department you are on to something naughty. i just go in and go, i need to see this old report, please. i then get the crime lab report which tells me that the blood type is blood b.
the police cleared themselves entirely within 48 hours before the crime lab report was back. before a witness was interviewed. they looked into this, and they said they think they did find. in response, michael bell s father decided to lobby for change. the bell family ultimately reached a settlement for $1.75 million. michael bell s father took the settlement money and he launched a billboard campaign. and they said things like this when police kill, should they judge themselves? good cops, quiet majority? after years of lobbying, this past april, michael bell sr. got his law passed. when a person dies in police custody, the investigation of that death must involve at least two investigators from outside the police department. and one of the outsiders must lead the investigation. when police kill people, it
investigation of that incident. their conclusion was that it was a good shoot. nobody was at fault. the police cleared themselves entirely 48 hours before the crime lab report was back, before the autopsy was done. before a witness was interviewed. they looked into theps and they said they think they did find. in response, michael bell s father decided to lobby for change. the bell family ultimately reached a settlement for $1.75 million. michael bell s father took the settlement money and he launched a billboard campaign. and they said things like this when police kill, should they judge themselves? good cops, quiet majority? after years of lobbying, this past april, michael bell sr. got his law passed. when a person dies in police custody. the investigation of that death must involve at least two investigators from outside the police department.