Disgusting, White Man Kills Black Man With His Truck, Jokes About It Online, No Charges Been Filed

 

Nothing could have prepared me for what I was getting ready to see posted at the top of my timeline this morning. Sherell Lewis, who just turned 31-years-old on Tuesday was hit and killed by 18-year-old Matthew Martin. So far the crash is under investigation and no charges have been filed. I have read many articles and obviously we know who hit and killed Lewis, so why is he not in custody? It sounds like a hit and run. Did he not stay at the scene? there's alot of questions that needs to be answered. 

Here's the original story below;

Sherell Lewis was on foot, helping another driver clear debris from the road, when he was struck by a pickup, police said.

A passerby found his phone and called Lewis’s father, relatives would later say.

Lewis’s mother rushed frantically to the scene, but authorities kept her away; the last words she could hear her son say lingered after the ambulance roared away without her.

“Momma, momma, momma! I want my momma!” Lewis cried out, his sister told The Washington Post.

He was pronounced dead at Byrd Regional Hospital in Leesville, authorities said.

Soon thereafter, the family learned of a racist Snapchat discussion about Lewis that was circulating online, prompting outrage and calls for justice.

Local police said they were “pretty confident” the chat involved Matthew Martin, the white 18-year-old who, authorities said, killed Lewis with his truck.

In the Snapchat conversation, an image of which was published by ABC affiliate KBLC, a poster using the name Matthew Martin said he had hit “some n—-r” on the highway.

An unidentified person asked Martin how his pickup fared.

“F—-d it up pretty good,” Martin responded, according to the image.

The other person suggested the damage could be buffed out, and asked if Lewis had been killed on impact.

Using a laughing icon, Martin said the man died on the way to the hospital.

The Washington Post could not independently verify that Martin wrote the Snapchat messages. But Chief Deputy Calvin Turner of the Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office told The Post that “all indications” point to Martin’s involvement in the social media conversation.

Martin could not be reached for comment.

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Other articles mentioned the crash was intentional and no skid marks were found. I'll keep everyone updated on what happens next. We definitely need to get this out there for more media coverage. I truly hope justice is served for the Lewis family. 

More about Lewis;

Shotoya Lewis-Ayers said her brother — known as Rell to family and friends — was quiet but kind, offering a sharp haircut and wise advice to the young African Americans who visited Sonny Boy’s Barber and Beauty, which he had taken over after his mentor’s death.

Lewis-Ayers and her brother were “inseparable” as children, she said, a year apart but possessing a twin-like bond. Their parents met while serving in the Army, and they moved from Germany to South Carolina, before their father retired in Leesville, outside Fort Polk.

Lewis was a wide-grinned, supportive member of the community, Lewis-Ayers explained, with a big bag of quarters at the ready to buy candy for young customers in his barber’s chair. When they grew older, he attended their basketball and football games, and proudly saw them off to college.

Lewis had no children of his own, but he loved his niece and nephew so fully, people in town often mistook him for their father, Lewis-Ayers said.

And he stood for doing the right thing, Lewis-Ayers said, without hesitation. It was a broiling Louisiana summer day, and Lewis still pulled over to ensure no one got hurt by roadside debris.

“It was no surprise he was going to go back and help as his last deed on earth,” she said.