CAMDEN COUNTY, Ga. – The NAACP Camden County branch is demanding transparency from the District Attorney’s Office, asking for the release of body cam footage in the deadly police shooting of a 27-year-old Jacksonville man.
Gregory Paige was shot inside a unit at the Cumberland Oaks apartment complex after the police responded to reports that Paige was threatening to kill someone.
The advocacy group held a rally on Sunday at the Camden County Courthouse to call for more to be done in the shooting.
“We just want answers,” NAACP President Timothy Bessent said. “We have a community that doesn’t feel safe in calling the police to intervene in a situation. We are hoping we can get the bodycam footage released so we can actually see what happened in that apartment and give the community some sense of relief.”
Officials released limited details on what led officers with the St. Marys Police Department to shoot Paige on Aug. 3.
His aunt, Catherine Paige, was at the rally as well.
“Constant pain,” Catherine Paige said. “He would run and help anybody. That’s why we are going to miss him.”
She said he was the father of four children and remembered him as a “helpful person.”
“I hope that changes happen,” Catherine Paige said. “This isn’t just an injustice for Gregory; this is an injustice for officers, too. It’s not that we technically blame them, but we do want to know what happened.”
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the case.