A lawsuit filed Thursday night by civil rights attorneys Benjamin Crump, Natalie Jackson and Steven Hart over the shooting death of two Black Cocoa teens by a Brevard County Sheriff s deputy goes beyond putting the actions of two deputies on trial; it s an indictment of Sheriff Wayne Ivey s office. You will see the allegations we have are not only against the officers, because the officer is born of a culture that Wayne Ivey has provided for his officers in Brevard County, Natalie Jackson told media and supporters standing outside the Moore Justice Center in Viera Friday morning.
Crump, flanked by co-counsel Jackson, the families of Sincere Pierce and Angelo A.J. Crooms and local activists and community members, called for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the Sheriff s Office and also review the decision by State Attorney Phil Archer not to charge BCSO deputy Jafet Santiago-Miranda in the killing of A.J. and Pierce.
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Civil rights attorney Ben Crump announced a lawsuit Friday after a deputy fatally shot a 16-year-old and 18-year-old in Florida last year.
The lawsuit comes the day after the state attorney’s office announced that the officer who shot and killed the two Black teens, 18-year-old Sincere Pierce and 16-year-old Angelo A.J. Crooms, would not face criminal charges.
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No charges will be filed against the Brevard County deputy who fatally shot two Black teenagers in Cocoa on Nov. 13.
Sixteen-year-old Angelo Crooms and 18-year-old Sincere Pierce were inside what was believed to be a stolen Volkswagen Passat when they were shot to death by Deputy Jafet Santiago-Miranda.
State Attorney Phil Archer said in his statement that he ran an exhaustive investigation and that, while he knows the boys’ families are hurting, he is basing his decision on “facts and evidence.”