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Attorney: Police shot man seconds after order to raise hands

A lawyer for the family of a 29-year-old Black man who was fatally shot last month by a Houston police officer said body camera video released Tuesday shows he was given only seconds to raise his hands before he was shot

The Independent UK

‘His heart is broken’: Buffalo mourns shooting victims as first funeral held

Civil rights and community leaders gathered the night before to plead with the nation to confront and stop racist violence

The Guardian - US

Court to consider whether Henrietta Lacks’ family’s ‘unprecedented’ lawsuit over use of her cells can continue

BALTIMORE — A federal judge will decide whether the family of Henrietta Lacks has enough legal standing to continue its lawsuit against the biotech company Thermo Fisher Scientific after the two sides argued in court Tuesday about the use of cells taken from Lacks more than 70 years ago.

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Civil rights lawyer Crump: investigate Buffalo shooting as domestic terrorism

‘We can’t sugarcoat it,’ leading civil rights attorney says of shooting that killed 10 people

The Guardian - US

Relatives honor Ruth Whitfield, 86, as a devoted mom, wife and grandmother

Whitfield's children and grandchildren share treasured memories and calls to action at the event with their legal team, led by prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump.

WEKU

US gun violence over weekend puts focus on easy access to weapons

Violence includes Buffalo shooting that left 10 people dead, as well as two dead in Houston, one in Los Angeles and five in Chicago

The Guardian - US

Woman whose son was killed in tornado criticizes Amazon

The mother of a man killed when December when a tornado slammed into an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, is speaking out against the company

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Mother of teen killed in plunge from Florida theme park ride speaks out as family file wrongful death suit

Lawsuit says safeguards could have stopped Tyre from falling

The Independent UK

US police release name of officer who fatally shot Patrick Lyoya

Lyoya’s family and supporters demanded the officer, Christopher Schurr, be named publicly and face criminal charges.

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More people are struggling with loneliness than diabetes, US surgeon general says

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During eulogy for Patrick Lyoya, the Rev. Al Sharpton demands federal probe into shooting

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Rev. Al Sharpton has been here before. So has Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney.

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Prosecutor: No charges in shooting of pedestrian by deputy

A North Carolina prosecutor announced that she will not pursue charges against an off-duty sheriff’s deputy who shot a Black pedestrian on a busy road, finding that the deputy had reason to fear bodily harm and to defend himself

The Independent UK

Attorney Crump accuses officer of racial profiling of Lyoya; results of independent autopsy released

DETROIT — Attorneys for Patrick Lyoya's family said Tuesday the 26-year-old's death appears to be a “classic” case of Lyoya being targeted for a “driving while Black" traffic stop.

Tribune News Service

Crump accuses officer of racial profiling of Lyoya; results of autopsy being released

DETROIT — Patrick Lyoya died of a gunshot wound to the back of head, an independent autopsy conducted by forensic pathologist Dr. Werner Spitz confirmed.

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Sharpton to deliver eulogy for Black man shot by officer

Funeral services have been scheduled for an unarmed Black man fatally shot following a traffic stop and struggle with a white police officer in western Michigan

The Independent UK

Everything we know about police killing of Patrick Lyoya

‘He arrived in the United States as a refugee with his family fleeing violence. He had his whole life ahead of him,’ governor says

Al Jazeera

‘An execution’: Patrick Lyoya’s family demands justice

A police officer in the US state of Michigan fatally shot Lyoya, 26, in the head during a traffic stop this month.

Mic

Police in Grand Rapids, Michigan, release incendiary footage of an officer shooting Patrick Lyoya in the head

It took just minutes for a routine traffic stop in Grand Rapids to turn into another police killing of an unarmed Black man.

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The Independent UK

Video shows Patrick Lyoya shot in head by Michigan officer

Video shows a Michigan police officer struggling with a Black man over a Taser before fatally shooting him in the head while the man was face down on the ground

Evening Standard

Patrick Lyoya: Video shows officer kneeling on black man before shooting him in head

A black man pinned to the ground by a Michigan police officer was shot in the back of the head, according to footage released of the violenct incident on Thursday.

France 24

Michigan police shot Black driver dead after traffic stop, videos show

A Black man face-down on the ground was fatally shot in the back of the head by a police officer in Michigan, the violent climax of a traffic stop, brief foot chase and struggle over a stun gun, according to videos of the April 4 incident released Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

US police release videos of officer fatally shooting Black man

Family of Patrick Lyoya demands justice after the 26-year-old was shot dead by a Michigan officer this month.

The Independent UK

Attorney Ben Crump likens footage of teen’s fatal plunge at Florida theme park to George Floyd video

Crump is representing the father of Tyre Sampson, who fell to his death last month

The Independent UK

Who was Amir Locke, 22-year-old shot dead by Minneapolis police?

Prosecutors declined to file charges against officers who shot and killed Locke when executing a no-knock warrant

Orlando Sentinel

Attorneys Ben Crump, Bob Hilliard to represent family of boy who fell off ICON park ride

ORLANDO, Fla. — The family of the 14-year-old boy who fell to his death while on the Orlando Free Fall ride at ICON Park late Thursday will be represented by civil rights lawyer Ben Crump and personal injury attorney Bob Hilliard, according to a press release.

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