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Family of man killed after police tasing calls for accountability

Body camera footage shows the deadly arrest of Darryl Tyree Williams in Raleigh, North Carolina, on January 17, 2023 [city of Raleigh via AP]

The family of a Black man named Darryl Tyree Williams who died after being repeatedly tased by police in Raleigh, North Carolina, has called for accountability in his death.

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, civil rights lawyer Ben Crump and Williams’s family said the officers involved in the arrest last month should be fired and charged. Crump said the 32-year-old had been denied “humanity” when police tased him after he told them he had a heart problem.

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