C.J. Jackson was a well known criminal who murdered the original driver for the Knight pilot program, Ken Franklin. Which is the crime that ended up getting him sent to prison forever. However, he escaped with the help of Doctor David Halston. Who later murdered Jackson after he discovered the true motives behind his plan.
Background[]
Knight Rider (1982)[]
Long before Michael Knight joined the Foundation, C.J. Jackson was a wanted man. Franklin tried to arrest C.J. but failed and ended up getting killed by C.J. Though he was later arrested and charged for his murder, Wilton Knight shut down F.L.A.G. due to this until he found Michael Long in the desert.
A few years later in 1984, C.J. Jackson broke out of prison with the help of one of David Halston's machines. He eventually joined up with the collage professor for a break-in into the vault of the Federal Reserve. C.J. and a fellow criminal named Peter Wong, a wire man to deactivate the alarmsystem, began digging underground to the reach the vault of the Federal Reserve.
Near the end of the excavation, after the kidnapped Bonnie Barstow was put under their watch, Wong realized that they were digging in the wrong direction. After telling C.J. as much, a robot Dr. Halston had placed down in the tunnels killed Peter before C.J. stomped the machine into pieces.
However, David knew C.J. might survive the assassination attempt and so suddenly appeared. Telling him the true motives for digging in the wrong direction before killing C.J.
Personality[]
C.J. was a cold and ruthless man who Devon told Michael that Wilton hated so much that he would, "not rest until C.J. was behind bars." However, he didn't do any harm to Bonnie when she was put in the tunnel by Halston and even offered her a drink.
Skills[]
C.J. was a cunning and highly intelligent individual who is always aware of his surroundings and always on guard in case of David betraying him. Possibly due to the original Knight pilot nearly arresting him.