According to Highway Patrol, Lyndon Williams, 53, of Kinston was struck by the cruiser at 8:32 p.m. between Caswell and Gordon streets on April 28. Williams died at the scene.
Johnson was traveling south on MLK Jr. Boulevard when Williams entered the roadway. Johnson is listed as a police officer 1 making slightly under $33,000 a year and currently has no dismissal, suspension, or demotion for disciplinary reasons taken by the municipality in his personnel record.
Johnson is the same age and was hired on the same date, Dec. 30, 2019 as fellow Officer Kevin Page, 22, who is also on administrative leave with Officer McKinley Jones, 22. Page and Jones were involved in an incident caught on film by a bystander on April 12 using closed fist punches David Lee Burton Jr. who was fleeing.
Kinston community reacts to the Chauvin guilty verdict amid its own alleged police brutality
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Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges on Tuesday in the murder of George Floyd.
Though some members of the Kinston community felt justice was served, some couldn t find the words to say amid Chauvin s guilty verdict and Kinston s own alleged police brutality, which was caught on video Monday, April 12. I felt justice was served, Jeremy Lane, who attended Kinston s protest last year following the May 25 death of Floyd, said. The thing that gets misconstrued in any police brutality case, especially now with social media, is that the general public quickly assumes all police officers are the bad guys. That couldn t be further from the truth. We amplify a very small, small percentage of bad apples to the point we believe the whole bunch is spoiled.
The two Kinston police officers who were captured on a private citizen s video restraining and striking a suspect multiple times Monday evening have no prior disciplinary actions taken against them.
After obtaining the officer s personnel files from Kinston Police Chief Tim Dilday Thursday afternoon, nearly 48 hours after the initial request, the records show that Officer McKinley Jones and Officer Kevin Page, both 22, have not received a dismissal, suspension, or demotion for disciplinary reasons taken by the city before Monday night.
Dilday explained the department offers what is called CIT training and that one of the two officers involved in the incident has participated in the training, the other has not. Dilday declined to comment on which officer had received the CIT training, citing North Carolina General Statute 160A-168 regarding releasable personnel information.