New York’s Staten Island. Less than a day before turning herself in to the police, the 25-year-old New Brighton woman who was arraigned yesterday in relation to the fatal stabbing of Jennira Roundtreeat at the West Brighton Houses last week insisted on her innocence during a lengthy, 45-minute phone interview on a Staten Island-based podcast on Sunday.
Jasmin Thompson, who is charged with several offenses, including second-degree murder, told Elliott Carter, host of LFTG Radio, that a fight that broke out in front of 820 Henderson Ave. on the evening of January 7 and ended with Roundtree, a mother of four and granddaughter of one, being stabbed twice in the chest, was the result of a long-running feud between several parties.
She declared, “I’m not a killer; I would never want to kill anybody.” I also have children. That woman was a mother. She had four children. There was no plan. There was no premeditation. There’s nothing they’re discussing. Whoever did that didn’t plan it out.
Thompson continued, saying she was protecting herself from an attack, and listed hundreds of names of persons she said were engaged in the incident. During the meeting, she showed Carterr a tumultuous iPhone video that was allegedly taken during the altercation and posted to social media.
The video, which was acquired by the Advance/SILive.com, depicts a large group of people fighting violently in a courtyard covered by scaffolding at the West Brighton Houses. They are punching and yelling at one another while police try to break up the fight and tell the participants to leave.
A woman was observed hardly moving, lying on her back on the ground, just a few seconds before the video ended.
In relation to the murder, Thompson turned herself in on Monday to the 120th NYPD Precinct.
Police have charged Thompson with first-degree manslaughter, first-degree assault, and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon in addition to second-degree murder.
Through her attorney, Mario Gallucci, Thompson entered a not guilty plea to the allegations in the state Supreme Court. She is still in custody until her subsequent court appearance on January 16 after being detained without bail.
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