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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

The Independent UK

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.

Orlando Sentinel

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

The Independent UK

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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

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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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Amir Locke was respectful and curious, parents say: 'My heart ripped out of my body' to see shooting

MINNEAPOLIS — Amir Locke was a week away from moving to Dallas to pursue his music career and other endeavors when Minneapolis police fatally shot him while executing a search warrant unrelated to Locke, said his parents, who called his death an "execution."

Tribune News Service

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

Mother says son’s ‘dreams have been destroyed’ after being ‘executed’ by police

The Independent UK

‘Deadly consequences’: Ben Crump slams no-knock warrants after fatal police shooting of 22-year-old man

‘The mother in me is furious and sick to my stomach. Amir never had a chance to survive that encounter with police’

The Independent UK

Police video shows man shot by officer was on couch, had gun

Body camera footage released by the Minneapolis Police Department shows a Black man who was fatally shot as officers were executing a search warrant was wrapped in a blanket and displayed a handgun as they shouted at him to show his hands and get on the ground

The Independent UK

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