Requiem for a whistleblower
How the Philly D.A. & the Philadelphia Police Department teamed up to silence me
Editor’s note — In September 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 the c…