Greenville County deputy charged with assault and battery, misconduct, SLED says
Ryan Gibson faces 3 charges Share Updated: 11:17 PM EST Feb 26, 2021
Greenville County deputy charged with assault and battery, misconduct, SLED says
Ryan Gibson faces 3 charges Share Updated: 11:17 PM EST Feb 26, 2021
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Show Transcript A NOW-FORMER GREENVILLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IS FACING CHARGES. AND WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE INCIDENT THAT LED TO HIS ARREST. NOLAN: MICHAEL, THE NOW-FORMER DEPUTY’S NAME IS RYAN GIBSON. HE IS ACCUSED OF UNLAWFULLY ARRESTING AND INJURING SOMEONE. OFFICIALS SAY THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON JULY 25, 2020 ARREST WARRANTS SHOW 29-YEAR-OLD RYAN GIBSON WAS CHARGED TODAY WITH THIRD-DEGREE ASSAULT AND BATTERY, MISCONDUCT AND MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE. TODAY WE SPOKE TO BENNY JONES, HE SAYS HE’S THE VICTIM IN THE CASE. COMMUNITY ACTIVIST TRACI FANT SAYS JONES WAS AT HOME WHEN THE ALLEGED ASSAULT TOOK PLACE. FANT SAYS
Traci Fant joins WYFF News 4âs Jane Robelot for a Project Community Conversation
Fant is the founder of Upstate Freedom Fighters Share Updated: 11:10 AM EST Jan 21, 2021 Jane Robelot
Fant is the founder of Upstate Freedom Fighters Share Updated: 11:10 AM EST Jan 21, 2021
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Show Transcript THE UPSTATE FOUNDER JOINS US FOR A PROJECT COMMUNITY CONVERSATION. THEYâRE TALKING ABOUT PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING TO EACH OTHER TO IMPROVE RACE RELATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY. CASES OF COVID-19 ARE ON THE RISE AND THIS EVEN BEFORE PEOPLE BEGIN TO GATHER FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. TRACY IS OUR GUEST, THE FOUNDER OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS UPSTATE. WE KNOW THAT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY COVID-19 IN GREATER RATES. WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE? SEEING FIRSTHAND FAMILY MEMBERâS WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM COVID-19 AND ALSO KNOWING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY I HAVE HAD PERSONAL FRIENDS WHO HAVE
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Show Transcript LOOKED AND DIDN’T SEE ANY FLAMES. MICHAEL: OFFICIALS SAY TWO OF THE WORKERS WERE AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHILE ANOTHER WAS TAKEN BY AMBULANCE. ONE WAS TREATED AT THE SCENE. CAROL: TONIGHT, THE ECONOMY INN ON AUGUSTA ROAD HAS BEEN CONDEMNED. THIS, AFTER A WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD THERE LAST MONTH. AS RESIDENTS LEFT THEIR ROOMS, MANY HAD NOWHERE TO GO UNTIL A GREENVILLE GROUP STEPPED IN. RENEE: THIS IS WHAT EVICTION LOOKS LIKE TODAY IN GREENVILLE HE HAD ONLY STAYED HERE FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS. GREENVILLE COUNTY OFFICIALS TOLD HIM, AND ALL THE OTHER TENANTS, THEY HAD TO GET OUT. ACROSS TOWN AT GRACE CHURCH, THE NEARLY 30 PEOPLE WHO HAD TO VACATE THEIR MOTEL ROOMS WERE GIVEN MEALS AND MATCHED WITH CASE WORKERS. MOST PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO A MOTEL. WE’RE GOING TO BE PAYING THEM TO STAY AT ANOTHER, SAFER MOTEL FOR A WEEK SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE SOME TIME TO HOPEFULLY FIND SOME MORE PERMANENT HO