‘Disregard for Me As a Human Being’: Elderly Georgia Black Man Thrown to Ground and Kneed By Cops Over Running Red Light, Goes to Trial Three Years After Violent Arrest

It’s been more than three years, but Jeffrey Lemon will finally have his day in court. The 68-year-old Black man was arrested in Georgia under questionable circumstances in 2021 after Clayton County sheriff’s deputies threw him to the ground and placed a knee on his back after he was accused of running a red light in the suburban Atlanta county. Charged with obstruction and cited for the red light infraction, he was also charged with possession of marijuana for a small amount of residue police found in a pipe in the trunk of his car after they had arrested him. He ended up spending two nights in jail. Jeffrey Lemon, left, was brutally arrested in 2021 by Georgia sheriff’s deputy Jon House, right, after he said he was falsely accused of running a red light. More than three years had passed before he was given the opportunity to prove his innocence in court, and only because his attorney had filed a motion for a speedy trial. (Photo: Jeffrey Lemon and Facebook) But the case remained pending for more than three years until his attorney filed a motion for a speedy trial last month. The trial is now scheduled to begin...