On This Date (July 21) 2018-Senior Corproal Earl James (Jamie) Givens III
On this date (July 21) 2018 two sons lost a father, a mother lost a son, a sister lost a brother and Dallas lost a Police Officer.
Senior Corporal (Motorcycle Assignment) Earl James (Jamie) Givens III was struck by an intoxicated driver, Adrian Breedlove, as he blocked the entrance ramp from Bonnieview Road onto eastbound Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway (Interstate Highway 20).
Senior Corporal Givens was involved in the escort of a Dallas Officer who died as a result of cancer to East Texas for the funeral service. He was seated on his motorcycle, all emergency lighting in operation when struck at approximately 5:30 a.m.
Other Officers in the escort rendered aid until Dallas Paramedics arrived and transported him to Baylor Hospital where he died as a result of the injuries sustained in this accident.
Senior Corporal Givens, a member of the Choctaw Nation was a thirty two (32) year veteran of the Dallas Police Department.
As of today, the trial of the intoxicated driver is set for January 24, 2022 after NUMEROUS resets. He was also charged with the Unlawful Carrying of a Firearm.
Senior Corporal Earl James (Jamie) Givens III is interred at the Washington Cemetery, Washington, Oklahoma.