Deputy Who Killed 19-Year-Old
Samantha Ramsey Won't Be Indicted
Source: The Huffington Post
By: Simon McCormack
Remember
how the deputies and the cops in the towns used to be praised and put on the
highest pedestals for protecting the townspeople and risking their lives? Now those
same deputies are taking lives. In Kentucky in the small area of Boone County a
deputy named Tyler Brockman jumped onto top of nineteen year old Samantha
Ramsey’s car roof and fired four shots killing her. Deputy Brockman said that
he fired because he needed to defend himself after the nineteen year old tired
to run him over after he wanted to pull her over for an alcohol level test. Samantha
was leaving a party when the deputy tried pulling her over, but she refused and
continued to drive. Samantha was also at fault for trying to drive away and
after the autopsy was done it was clear that she had an alcohol level of 0.12
which is illegal for anyone under the age of twenty-one. Later it was proven
that she had tried to run over the deputy because there were tire marks on
deputy Brockman’s shoes. Even though Brockman was only protecting himself he
was faced with any charges for killing Samantha, his case was investigated by
his own department, which clearly means there must have been some bias towards
Brockman. Samantha’s mother, family, and friends are infuriated by the fact
that he was not charged with any jail time and that his own department carried
out the investigation.
Regardless
of the outcome, there is a nineteen year old lying six feet under, and a man of
the law lying in bed living his whole life knowing he put her there. No matter whose
side one finds themselves, neither of them have won, one is dead and the other
walks around wishing to be dead. It is important for the youth especially to
read this article because if Samantha had not drank that night deputy Brockman
would not have suspected her and she would not have tried to flee the scene and
he would not have shot and killed her. Obviously this single article will not
stop teens from drinking, but it will make many young people think of what can
happen and of the consequences.
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