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Groups call attention to 2014 fatal shooting by officer on CSU campus

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ROBIN TRIMARCHI/rtrimarchi@ledger-enquirer.comMinister Antonio Carter calls out for social justice in the Zikarious "Snoop" Flint case during a gathering of the National Joshua Generation Empowerment Movement, the Nation of Islam, Women of Vision and the Local Organizing Committee in front of the Columbus State University downtown police precinct Saturday. The National Joshua Generation Empowerment Movement is a self-improvement organization with the mission of making leaders, producers and providers of men in the community.
ROBIN TRIMARCHI/rtrimarchi@ledger-enquirer.comMinister Antonio Carter calls out for social justice in the Zikarious "Snoop" Flint case during a gathering of the National Joshua Generation Empowerment Movement, the Nation of Islam, Women of Vision and the Local Organizing Committee in front of the Columbus State University downtown police precinct Saturday. The National Joshua Generation Empowerment Movement is a self-improvement organization with the mission of making leaders, producers and providers of men in the community. ROBIN TRIMARCHI rtrimarchi@ledger-enquirer.com

More than 50 people gathered downtown Saturday to call attention to the March 2014 death of a man shot on campus by a Columbus State University police officer.

Zikarious Flint was fatally shot March 30, 2014, by Sgt. Ben Scott after a student reported seeing someone loading a handgun on the main campus. Flint, who was not a CSU student, had gone to visit friends at a campus apartment, his family said.

CSU reported after the shooting that Flint had a pistol he raised toward officers chasing him. The results of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation probe is expected to be presented to a grand jury by the end of the year.

Antonio Carter, the national minister of the National Joshua Generation Empowerment Movement, said the

group held the "watch demonstration" to ensure that the investigation is transparent.

"This is one we will not allow to be swept under the rug," he said. "We will not allow Zikarious' death to go unnoticed. We will do everything in our power to seek justice and to see things done righteously."

The protest came a day after the group dropped off a letter Friday at the CSU police station requesting Scott be reassigned.

"He needs to come off the streets until the decision has been presented to the grand jury or the case has been adjudicated," Carter said.

Carter said students and others joined the demonstration.

"It was a wonderful turnout and many people came off the sidewalks to join us," he said. "What started out as a 30-40 person protest turned into an 80-100 event."

This story was originally published November 21, 2015 at 11:37 PM with the headline "Groups call attention to 2014 fatal shooting by officer on CSU campus ."

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