No surprise that she lied and her department rushed to defend her. Now she will enjoy prison for the next 15 years.
Cop Sentenced to 15 Years for Faking a ‘War on Cops’, Shooting Herself and Blaming Fake ‘Black Man’Jackson, GA — In September of 2016, police around the country spread the story and asked for prayers for one of their own who’d been shot while on duty. An investigation was launched, a dragnet conducted, the town locked down and a suspect had been brought in. However, cops and their supporters quickly found out they had been duped by their fellow officer once investigators discovered the entire story had been fabricated. This week, former Jackson Police Department Officer Sherry Hall was sentenced to prison for her lies.
In an unprecedented sentence, Superior Court Judge Thomas Wilson made Hall, 43, pay for her crimes. He gave her 15 years in prison followed by another 23 years on probation.
Her story, which sounds like a kindergartner made it up, went something like this — while on patrol, Hall saw a man sitting on the roadside and decided to approach him. As she approached, the man became argumentative, shot her in the stomach, and fled. As the non-existent suspect, described by Hall as ‘a 5’8″ to 6′ black male weighing about 200 pounds,’ ran away, Hall fired twice.
Immediately after the fake shooting, news outlets across the country ran with the narrative that a cop had been shot and the suspect was still at large.
During a press conference after the shooting, Chief James Morgan with the Jackson Police Department, called Hall, a four-year law enforcement veteran, the ultimate professional.
“She’s highly trained and gives it her all,” Morgan said.
“She’s a very good officer and a very good person.”He was then forced to eat those words.
Because an outside agency, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI), conducted the investigation, and not the Jackson Police Department, inconsistencies were found and actually examined.Peaking their interests was the fact that Hall indicated she’d turned off all video and audio recording equipment prior to ‘being shot.’ This led to the GBI looking at evidence from the hard drive of the in-car camera system, as well as engaging the assistance of a GBI Digital Forensic Investigator in an effort to recover additional evidence, according to 11 Alive.
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