Casey Goodson: Murder Trial Begins For Killer Cop Who Gunned Down 23-Year-Old Holding Sandwiches

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So
it
begins…

Some
of
you
may
not
remember
his
name
unfortunately
because
the
year
2020
was
rife
with
Black
men
and
women
being
fatally
gunned
down
by
police
officers,
but

Casey
Goodson
Jr.
was
returning
to
his
grandmother’s
home
with
sandwiches
when
he
was
shot
dead
by

Franklin
County
Sheriff’s
Deputy
Jason
Meade.
Meade
claims
that
Goodson
waved
a
firearm
at
him
and
feared
for
his
life
prior
to
pulling
the
trigger
on
an
AR-15-style
rifle.
Upon
investigation,
however,
several
pieces
of
evidence
contradicted
Meade’s
trite
tale
about
being
in
danger.

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First
and
foremost,
as
BOSSIP
previously
reported,
Goodson
was
shot
six
times
in
the
back
which
brings
into
question
how
he
could
have
possibly
pointed
a
gun
at
Meade
with
his
back
turned.
Goodson
was
a
licensed
concealed
firearms
carrier
and
according
to

ABC
News,
prosecutor
Gary
Shroyer
revealed
for
the
very
first
time
that
Goodson’s
pistol
was
found
in
his
kitchen
with
the
safety
on
during
the
subsequent
investigation.
This
again
brings
into
question
whether
or
not
Meade
is
actually
telling
the
truth
about
his
“endangered
life.”

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The
trial
against
Meade
began
a
week
ago
on
Jan.
31,
2024,
and
Shroyer’s
opening
statement
set
the
tone
for
how
he
would
be
making
his
case
for
Meade
to
be
held
accountable
and
imprisoned.

“Six
shots
in
the
back,”
special
prosecutor
Gary
Shroyer
said
in
his
opening
statement
Wednesday.
“All
fired
by
the
defendant
into
the
back
of
Casey
Goodson
with
no
reasonable
basis
for
the
defendant
to
perceive
a
threat
by
Casey.
It’s
an
unjustified
shooting.
Casey
was
only
23
years
old
at
the
time
the
defendant
killed
him.
[Meade]
was
a
Franklin
County
County
Deputy
at
the
time.
Casey’s
death
is
a
tremendous
loss
to
his
family.”

Despite
Meade’s
attorney’s
best
efforts
to
get
this
case
moved
to
federal
court
where
he
might
have
an
easier
trial,

NBC
News
reports
that
a
federal
judge
denied
the
move
on
the
basis
that
Meade
was
off-duty
at
the
time
of
the
fatal
shooting.
Judge
Edmund
Sargus
Jr.
found
that
not
only
did
Meade
not
have
the
authority
to
arrest
Goodson,
but
he
was
not
in
his
acting
role
as
a
federal
officer.
A
grand
jury
agreed
and
here
we
are.

We
will
provide
more
information
as
the
trial
continues.

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