'He wanted this to be George Floyd before George Floyd'

How Larry Krasner played racial politics to falsely indict a cop for murder

By Jake Jacobs

Editor’s note — In 2018, a grand jury impaneled by newly elected Philly D.A. Larry Krasner charged Police Officer Ryan Pownall with first-degree murder for the fatal shooting of dirt biker David Jones. But before the grand jury ever got involved, former homicide detective Derrick Jacobs was part of a special police unit that investigated t…