In the latest episode of "Search Warrant," the cop-hosted podcast, Detective Derrick "Jake" Jacobs of the Philadelphia Police Department explains his conflict with the Philly D.A.'s office over the detective's investigation into an officer-involved shooting.
Jacobs investigated the 2017 fatal shooting of dirt biker David Jones, by Officer Ryan Pownall. Jones, like Jacobs, is black; Pownall is white.
Jacobs discovered that the dirt biker was armed, and that the officer involved in the shooting was not only defending himself but also witnesses that included two children, so he exonerated Officer Pownall. The D.A.'s office, however, wanted Jacobs to change his story, but Jake is a stubborn guy, as outlined in a recent Big Trial blog post.
"Something political and beyond my pay grade" is how Detective Jacobs described what the D.A.'s office, under Larry Krasner, wanted to do with the investigation of Officer Pownall. The D.A.'s intention, according to Jacobs, was to engineer a "political hit job" against the officer. To accomplish that, the D.A.'s office had to get a key witness to change his story "to fit their narrative," Jacobs said. They also had to make some grand jury transcripts disappear, as well as manipulate a grand jury investigation "to elicit an indictment," by reaching a false conclusion.
It a story you won't read about in the P.C. Inquirer, which is actively involved in covering for a fellow progressive, Comrade Krasner, but the entire explosive podcast starring the outspoken "Jake" can be heard here.