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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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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.

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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

The Independent UK

‘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.

Al Jazeera

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.

Mic

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

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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.

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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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The Independent UK

Did teen's big size factor in Florida amusement ride death?

A rising middle school football player in Missouri, only 14 but already 6 feet, 5 inches tall and well over 300 pounds, Tyre Sampson fell to his death from a towering Florida amusement ride

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 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.

The Independent UK

Autopsy: Black man shot by off-duty deputy had 4 wounds

An autopsy says a Black pedestrian shot and killed by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy earlier this year was hit four times during the altercation in a busy North Carolina street

Daily Mirror

Hope for Ukraine's Black refugees 'blocked from fleeing' as lawyers take case to UN

Jasmine Rand and Ben Crump led a virtual news conference to reveal a coalition will fight for the rights of hundreds of men, women and children denied the chance to flee the killing in Ukraine

The Independent UK

Gag order, diversity discussed at Astroworld court hearing

During a court hearing on lawsuits filed after last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival, issues related to media publicity and a gag order as well as a concern over a lack diversity among attorneys representing those killed or injured were discussed

The Independent UK

After Trayvon, Ben Crump became civil rights go-to lawyer

Before Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor and other Black people died at the hands of white police officers or self-appointed vigilantes, there was Martin Lee Anderson

Tribune News Service

Words of reassurance, fury at Amir Locke's funeral in Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS — Family, friends and community members gathered Thursday in a north Minneapolis church where a funeral service celebrating the life of Amir Locke, fatally shot by police two weeks ago, began with songs of blessed reassurance before shifting to words of fury aimed at police.

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