All charges against Jason Rickels in Georgia were dropped by the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office.
The real estate agent, Regina Lee of PalmerHouse Properties, and the photographer, Dwayne Clifford Boddie, owner of Dope Videos unlimited, claimed to Atlanta media they were targeted because they are Black. The officer said he asked who had a gun and Rickels responded that he did, and then complied with the officer’s request to let him have the 9mmm Ruger.
They said Rickels arrived in an SUV and blocked in Boddie’s vehicle. “Jason asked him, ‘What are you doing?’ to which Dwayne stated he was doing video for a job and showed Jason his camera to prove what he was doing.’’Lee, Boddie and Brown said Rickels then pulled his gun. The officer said there were conflicting statements as to when Rickels brandished the weapon. The trio said Rickels threatened to shoot Boddie if he moved.