The embattled District Attorney who he himself is under investigation has been voted out of office by a landslide. His opponent, Fani Willis received a landslide 73% of the vote, defeating Paul Howard. Howard had charged a Rayshard Brooks in self-defense.
Howard had Georgia Police officer with felony murder after he shot and killed Brooks who had fought with the two officers, stole one of the officers’ tasers, and as he was fleeing turned and fired it at the officers.
Howard claimed that he watched 8 videos and studied the evidence before issuing 11 charges as a result of the shooting. He claimed that the officers never told Brooks that he was under arrest and also claimed that Brooks was calm and respectful, both of which are outright lies.
BREAKING NEWS!!!! Corrupt DA Paul Howard @FultonCountyDA gets his ass handed to him by Fani Willis @FaniWillisForDA. Maybe now we can start targeting the thugs instead of the cops!
— Bernard B. Kerik (@BernardKerik) August 12, 2020
With 305 of 366 precincts reporting, Fulton District Attorney challenger Fani Willis leads 6x incumbent Paul Howard with 73+ percent of the vote. She is poised to become the first woman to serve as Fulton’s DA https://t.co/E67JGKhCkK pic.twitter.com/pdrOcACIlR
— Jennifer Brett (@Jennifer__Brett) August 12, 2020
So far, looks like Atlanta wasn’t taken in by incumbent DA Paul Howard’s gambit of over-charging a police officer to distract from his political scandals. pic.twitter.com/NnQ0Jdxqbr
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) August 12, 2020
Howard had been the Fulton County DA ever since 1997 with no real competition until this election. Willis had worked for Howard for 17 years until 1998. She says that the prosecutor’s office would do their work with integrity. She said nothing about the Brooks case, but it would be unethical to do since Howard is still the DA for now and she doesn’t want to interfere with his work.
Howard was under investigation for not reporting receiving $200,000 in wages in what he called a well-deserved pay increase. If it was well deserved, why didn’t he report it. He had to pay a fine and the investigation is still ongoing although since he lost the election, they might just let him fade away.
They stole that money
This is so messed up! This sorry DA needs to put out on the streets and see what it’s like for our officers! He wouldn’t last a full shift!
This is so messed up! This sorry DA needs to put out on the streets and see what it’s like for our officers! He wouldn’t last a full shift! Glad he lost his re-election!