A friend in Need
In high school, I had a crush on Ami. We went to the Braves game, I bought her a bracelet, but we never “went out”. I was shy back then. Towards the end of our senior year, we had a falling out and lost touch after school. I always wanted to get back in touch with her. When they started working on my 10th year reunion, I got in contact with the organizer. She got me Ami’s information, and we began talking again. I was contemplating divorce, and she was divorced and happily remarried to a police officer in Savannah.
In the last year, I have not heard much from Ami, then I found out why. Her husband was in trouble:
The Chatham County Grand Jury found that Taharka shot Anthony Smashum with a gun “while acting solely as the result of a sudden, violent, and irresistible passion.”
The grand jury found that action resulted “from serious provocation sufficient to excite such passion in a reasonable person.”
The indictment stated Smashum had resisted arrest, prompting the officer to shoot him.
The same grand jury refused to indict Taharka on a felony murder charge in the case. That charge would have meant the officer committed aggravated assault by shooting Smashum.
Ami sent me this link for his defense fund. Please read over the articles and see if you can help in any way.
Thanks,
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