An Internal Affairs investigation found that Boynton Beach Police officer Mark Sohn claimed he was never in pursuit of teen Stanley Davis III and he “made no mention to dispatch of his attempt to stop the motorcycle, the evasive actions of its driver or of his police pursuit." Davis died after crashing his dirt bike.
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Boynton Beach Police Officer Mark Sohn, a 20-year veteran on the force, has been terminated, a spokesperson for the department said Friday. Sohn pursued a 13-year-old boy on his dirt bike who crashed and died last December.
A decades-long history of mistrust between communities of color and law enforcement, passed from generation to generation, sits beneath the surface, coming to light with each new Black man, woman or child whose death involved an officer. In Boynton Beach, the death of 13-year-old Stanley “SJ” Davis III, brought that distrust to the surface once more.
A decades-long history of mistrust between communities of color and law enforcement, passed from generation to generation, sits beneath the surface, coming to light with each new Black man, woman or child whose death involved an officer. In Boynton Beach, the death of 13-year-old Stanley “SJ” Davis III, brought that distrust to the surface once more.