Officer Who Fatally Shot Black Security Guard Outside a Bar Is Identified
In front of the suburban Chicago bar where her son Jemel Roberson, an on-duty security guard, was shot and killed by the police in November, Beatrice Roberson explained on Saturday why she was making her first public statements.
“I was just too messed up. I couldn’t talk about it without crying,” Ms. Roberson said at a news conference amid snow flurries. “The other day, I made up my mind. I said I’m going to fight for my son.”
Ms. Roberson’s declaration came a day after the name of the officer who shot her son was revealed as part of a wrongful-death lawsuit she filed against the officer, Ian Covey of the Midlothian Police Department, and the village of Midlothian.
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Hours after the amended complaint was filed on Friday, Chief Daniel Delaney confirmed the officer’s name.
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Officer Covey, who was placed on administrative leave, is white and Mr. Roberson was black.
“If a young man shot a police officer, that young man’s picture would be on the TV tonight,” Gregory Kulis, Ms. Roberson’s lawyer, said at the news conference. “But for two months we have been looking for the name of the officer that killed Jemel Roberson.”
Mr. Roberson, 26, was killed early on the morning of Nov. 11 as he detained a man who was believed to be involved in a shooting outside the bar in Robbins, Ill.
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Witnesses said they warned officers that Mr. Roberson was a security guard and that he was wearing clothes marked “Security.” Mr. Roberson, who was licensed to carry a firearm, was holding the man at gunpoint.
“I hear some people say he was shot,” Ms. Roberson said. “My son was not shot. My son was murdered.”
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