$7.5M Settlement in Jemel Roberson's Case, Murdered by Police After He Stopped a Real Mass Shooting at a Bar. White Cop Pretended He Didn't Know Black Man was a Security Guard, Shot Him in the Back 4X

From [HERE] The Village of Midlothian has arrived at a $7.5 million payout to settle a wrongful death lawsuit in the shooting of Jemel Roberson, a Black security guard outside a Robbins nightclub in 2018, the Chicago Tribune reports. 

On Nov. 11, 2018 racist suspect Midlothian police officer, Ian Covey, shot the black security guard as he was detaining a suspected gunman who opened fire at the bar where he worked. The security guard, 26-year-old Roberson, stopped a mass shooting at the bar and was killed after the incident was over. Four people were shot and wounded by the gunman before Roberson stopped him. [MORE]

The shooting outside Manny's Blue Room Lounge has drawn national headlines, outrage and questions about whether race factored into the officer’s decision to open fire. Roberson was black. The officer is white.

Roberson was armed and licensed to carry a gun. He apprehended the gunman outside the bar, pinned him down and was waiting for police help when a responding officer from Midlothian arrived. 

Police say the officer ordered Roberson to drop his gun. Witnesses say they shouted at Covey that Roberson was a security guard. Roberson was wearing a hat emblazoned with the word “security” when he was shot. Mr. Roberson, who was licensed to carry a firearm, was holding the man at gunpoint.

The person Roberson apprehended had allegedly fired a weapon inside the bar moments earlier, wounding multiple people and drawing Covey and police officers from surrounding jurisdictions to rush to the establishment.

“I hear some people say he was shot,” Ms. Roberson said. “My son was not shot. My son was murdered.”

In October 2020, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, a Black rolebotic servant of white supremacy, declined to press charges against the officer.

Roberson's family filed a federal lawsuit against the Village and the then-unnamed officer, accusing the officer of using excessive force, and claiming the officer's decision to shoot Roberson was unreasonable, unprovoked, and unjustified. In October 2020, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx declined to press charges against the officer.