Kenneth P. Thompson
| Kenneth P. Thompson | |
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Kenneth P. Thompson
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| Kings County District Attorney | |
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In office January 1, 2014 – October 9, 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Charles J. Hynes |
| Succeeded by | Eric Gonzalez |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 14, 1966 New York City, New York |
| Died | October 9, 2016 (aged 50) Manhattan, New York |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Lu-Shawn Thompson (m. 1999; his death 2016) |
| Parents | Clara and William Thompson |
| Residence | Brooklyn, New York |
| Alma mater |
John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York University School of Law |
| Known for | First African-American Brooklyn DA |
| Religion | Christianity |
Kenneth P. "Ken" Thompson (March 14, 1966 – October 9, 2016) was the District Attorney of Kings County, New York, from 2014 until his death from cancer on October 9, 2016.
Kenneth Thompson's parents, William and Clara Thompson, divorced in his early childhood. In 1973, Clara became one of the first patrolwomen in the New York City Police Department.
After graduating from New York City public schools, Kenneth attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and in 1989 he graduated magna cum laude. He then graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1992, where he earned the Arthur T. Vanderbilt Medal for contributions to the law school community.
Thompson began as an attorney in the United States Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., where he served as Special Assistant to former Treasury Department Undersecretary for Enforcement and then Secretary General of Interpol, Ronald K. Noble.
In 1995 Thompson accepted a position as an Assistant U.S. Attorney under Zachary W. Carter, in the United States Attorney's Office in Brooklyn. During his tenure, he worked with Loretta Lynch as a member of the federal prosecution team in the 1997 trial of former New York City police officer Justin Volpe, who was accused of sodomizing Abner Louima inside a bathroom at the 70th Precinct in Brooklyn. The watershed police brutality trial, at which Thompson delivered the opening prosecution arguments, resulted in Volpe changing his plea from 'not guilty' to 'guilty'.
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