Cleveland, Ohio 5/12/2020– Attorneys Shean Williams and Stanley Jackson of The Cochran Firm Cleveland released surveillance video of off duty officer Jose Garcia firing into the vehicle of 23-year-old Desmond Franklin as he passed their moving vehicle on a busy street. They also provided a counter-narrative that alleges the officer used racial slurs in his interaction with Franklin and the 17-year-old boy who was in the vehicle with him. The Cuyahoga County Sheriff is investigating the shooting, but the attorneys are asking for an independent investigation by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office or the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
