{"id":3514,"date":"2025-08-15T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/?p=3514"},"modified":"2025-08-19T14:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:28:28","slug":"mississippi-officers-accused-of-falsely-blaming-civilian-in-77-mph-police-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/mississippi-officers-accused-of-falsely-blaming-civilian-in-77-mph-police-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Officers Accused Of Falsely Blaming Civilian In 77 MPH Police Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/awfgwfwf-1024x576-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lowndes County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office says two officers lied about cause of crash that injured five.<\/li>\n<li>Evidence shows the civilian was stopped at the intersection, not pulling out as police claimed.<\/li>\n<li>Officer previously arrested for DUI; the city is bracing for a lawsuit as council reviews findings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/police\/\">Police<\/a> have an incredibly tough job to do, and sometimes citizens make that job even harder. They speed, they go too slow, and sometimes they just get in the way. That&rsquo;s what a pair of officers said happened after they rolled their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/police-cars\/\">police car<\/a> while responding to an emergency. Now, an extensive review by local authorities says that those officers were wrong.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/08\/sheriff-says-ram-lied-about-bull-theft-and-hes-not-laughing\/\">Sheriff Says Ram Lied About Bull Theft And He&rsquo;s Not Laughing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On July 16, two officers were racing to the local police station in Columbus, Mississippi. As they went over a set of train tracks, the driver, Officer Jeremy Harris, lost control and hit both an innocent motorist and a telephone pole. That&rsquo;s now the official story, but it took the mayor getting involved to find that out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conflicting Accounts<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic\"><\/div>\n<p>According to the<a href=\"https:\/\/cdispatch.com\/news\/cpd-officers-falsely-blame-civilian-for-high-speed-crash\/\"> Dispatch<\/a>, the officers both blamed the other motorist. They claimed that the other driver pulled out in front of them. &ldquo;They basically just shot out in front of me,&rdquo; Harris said. &ldquo;I guess they thought they were going to beat me, and I &hellip; got over that hump. And after that, I don&rsquo;t know.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>That footage, along with event data recorder information, witness statements, and more, has proven that statement false. It indicates that Harris was driving at 77 mph (124 km\/h) in a 30 mph (48 km\/h) zone when he lost control and crashed.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Lowndes County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office believes that the other driver was completely stationary and on a cross street during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/accidents\/\">crash<\/a>. That vehicle had five people in it: Devion Bankhead, the driver, two other adults, a 15-year-old, and a 4-year-old. They all survived, albeit some with injuries.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Bankhead himself went to the hospital with a brain bleed. It&rsquo;s worth noting that from a legal standpoint, he shouldn&rsquo;t have been behind the wheel at all, as he was cited for not having a driver&rsquo;s license or insurance.<\/p>\n<p>That said, it certainly doesn&rsquo;t excuse the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2024\/07\/off-duty-police-officer-causes-crazy-four-car-crash\/\">reckless driving behavior<\/a> and inaccurate account of Harris, who was reportedly charged with DUI in mid-2024. Considering how tough it is to be a police officer these days, it seems like Harris just made it worse for himself and other officers who are trying to build a trustworthy reputation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Credit: The Dispatch<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lowndes County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office says two officers lied about cause of crash that injured five. Evidence shows the civilian was &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/mississippi-officers-accused-of-falsely-blaming-civilian-in-77-mph-police-crash\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mississippi Officers Accused Of Falsely Blaming Civilian In 77 MPH Police Crash<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-offbeat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3514"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3517,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3514\/revisions\/3517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/opendoorcounselingpa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}