Shooting unarmed teen: okay. Lying about it: lose certification...
Georgia revokes police certification from officer who killed unarmed teen
Channel 2 Action News has learned a former Union City police officer who shot an unarmed teen in the back, and later lied about the incident to another agency, has had his police certification revoked by the state.
Georgia's Peace Officer Standards and Training Council took the action against Luther Lewis on Wednesday.
Last year, a Channel 2 Action News Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation into the 2011 shooting of Ariston Waiters uncovered new witnesses and raised questions about Lewis' actions, including two prior incidents in which fellow officers said he lied.
"If you can't tell the truth with a badge on your chest, why should you need to be a law enforcement officer?" said POST Council director Ken Vance in an interview last August.
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"Lewis made a tearful closing statement to each grand jury explaining that he had been in fear for his life, and claiming Waiters had tried to grab his gun."
Because when someone is 'trying to grab your gun', you have easy access to their back to shoot them.