Man charged in deadly 2021 shooting sues Myrtle Beach police, others for $22M+ ahead of trial start
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — An Effingham man awaiting trial for his role in the 2021 shooting death of a popular South Florence High School football player says he's owed more than $20 million for repeated civil rights violations while in custody.
Tai'yuan Jackson, in jail since 2022 on a murder charge tied to the killing of DyQuayvon Dickens in a Myrtle Beach parking lot, filed a 32-page suit in U.S. District Court's Florence division March 4. He's expected to make an appearance Monday in Horry County court, according to a trial roster.
Jackson is one of four people charged in connection with Dickens' death.
More than 20 shots were fired in the area — a parking lot near Mr. Joe White Avenue and Withers Alley — which was highly populated at the time, according to information presented at a 2022 bond hearing for one of Jackson's co-defendants.
The shooting happened at 1:30 a.m. Authorities claim that Dickens was shot 'without provocation.'
Dickens was a multi-sport star, homecoming king and talented drummer at his Antioch Church.
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Jackson's handwritten complaint accuses Myrtle Beach investigators of planting a handgun in his truck and then twice searching it before obtaining a warrant.
'I've been fighting to get things heard forever and nothing's changing. I'm so distraught over this whole situation,' Jackson wrote.
Jackson, who was 19 at the time of his arrest, said in addition to due process violations, authorities have defamed him through multiple bond denials and court statements.
'I was made out to be a menace to society. I received backlash from people all over the surrounding areas,' Jackson said.
Jackson is charged with murder, three counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, unlawful carry of a handgun and for the possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
Jackson's lengthy relief petition includes the following:
$1.5 million for each year of his confinement
$1.5 million for four violations of South Carolina's Code of Laws
$5 million for violations of the 4th, 5th, 8th, 13th and 14th amendments
$700,000 donation to the Florence County School District
$1 million to Dickens' family
$500,000 to Dickens' church
$3 million in pain and suffering costs for his mother, father and brother
2023 Ford F-250 to replace the one he's lost since incarceration
$500,000 to an area homeless shelter
$300,000 for grandfather's medical expenses
$7 million from Myrtle Beach Police Department
$500,000 to an area Boys and Girls Club
$500,000 to an area cancer center
$200,000 to an area Salvation Army
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Adam Benson joined the News13 digital team in January 2024. He is a veteran South Carolina reporter with previous stops at the Greenwood Index-Journal, Post & Courier and The Sun News in Myrtle Beach. Adam is a Boston native and University of Utah graduate. Follow Adam on X, formerly Twitter, at @AdamNewshound12. See more of his work here.
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