I learned of Julius Jones story from fellow abolitionist, and musician, Vic Mensa. Lethal injection, nitrogen hypoxia, electrocution, and more are all good fun in “The Sooner State”. Considering the numerous systemic flaws within Oklahoma’s capital punishment system, it should come as no surprise that Oklahoma is the only state in the country to permit multiple methods of execution in its statute. Meaning he could be executed as soon s this fall. I have spent the past 20 years on death row for a crime I did not commit, did not witness, and was not at.” Jones said in his clemency report.Īs you read this article, Julius is now eligible for an execution date. “As God as my witness, I was not involved, in any way, in the crimes that led to Howell being shot and killed. Yesterday, today, and tomorrow, Julius Jones does precisely that. For nearly twenty years, twenty-three hours of his twenty-four-hour day are spent in solitary confinement. Every day an innocent man is forced to sit in solitary confinement, awaiting his death. Solidarity demonstrations were held in other cities.At the age of nineteen, Julius Jones was convicted of a murder he did not commit unjustly spending the majority of his adult life on death row. The rally crowd held up the names of Henry Green, Julius Tate Jr., Tyree King, and others killed in recent years by Columbus police and around the state.Īt the protest, people chanted “Lock up Jason Meade!” and “Justice for Casey Goodson!” A march followed the rally. These views, voiced in a 2018 sermon and in his interview for his current job the same year, apparently did not raise any red flags with the sheriff’s office.Ĭolumbus police are known for excessive use of force, including against demonstrators protesting the lynching of George Floyd. Since the shooting, it has come to light that Meade is a right-wing pastor who manages to find Biblical “justification” for police brutality. There were “multiple gunshot wounds to the torso.” The Franklin County coroner ruled the cause of death as homicide. The investigation is now in the hands of the FBI and the U.S. (BQIC facebook)Īccording to BQIC, “the investigation has been terrible from the beginning, with Columbus Police intentionally not calling in the correct people to process a police brutality incident.” The state Bureau of Criminal Investigation then declined to take the case. the firing of Columbus Police Chief Thomas Quinlan for negligence in failing to contact the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation in a timely manner commitment from Franklin County Commissioners to divest from Franklin County Sheriff’s Department and commitment from the Columbus City Council to divest from Columbus Police Department. Goodson’s family has made eight demands: the immediate termination, arrest and indictment of Michael Jason Meade for the murder of Casey Goodson Jr revocation of Jason Meade’s pension transparency in the investigation and release of all video and audio recordings immediate release of evidence to Casey’s mother, Tamala Payne Franklin County Sheriff’s Department cover the funeral expenses of Casey Goodson Jr. There had also been a rally the previous evening called by Black Liberation Movement Central Ohio and Deescalate Ohio Now! Heartbeat Movement. The family attorney, Sean Walton Jr., spoke on many issues raised by the case, including the right of Black people to bear arms. Speakers included Goodson’s siblings, uncle and mother, who all spoke lovingly of “Tank.” Goodson’s sixth-grade teacher, with whom he reconnected as an adult, gave remarks, along with Pastor Mike Young and speakers for sponsoring groups. 12 co-sponsored by Black Queer Intersectional Collective (BQIC) of Ohio, People’s Justice Project, Black Abolitionist Collective of Ohio and the Central Ohio Freedom Fund. The murder of the 23-year-old Goodson has sparked mass anger. He had no criminal record and was not even the person sheriff’s deputies were looking for. He was legally armed when Meade killed him. Goodson’s gun was licensed and he had a concealed carry weapon permit. (Black Queer Intersectional Collective of Ohio facebook) The family dispute claims by the sheriff’s department that Goodson pointed a gun at Meade. According to family eyewitnesses, Goodson “literally walked across the yard, walked into the back fence to get to the side door, had his Subway and mask in one hand keys in the other, unlocked and opened the door and stepped in the house” – and then was shot. in his family’s Columbus, Ohio, home on Dec. 11, Columbus.įranklin County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Jason Meade killed Casey “Tank” Goodson Jr.
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