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Attorneys Carl Douglas, left, and Benjamin Crump, right, point to bullet wounds on a diagram of Dijon Kizzee's body as part of an independent autopsy during a news conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. Dijon Kizzee, 29, &quot;posed no threat&quot; to deputies when they fired 19 shots at him, attorney Crump said at the news conference. Kizzee shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies wasn't holding a gun when they opened fire, attorneys for his family said Tuesday, contradicting a claim that he had picked up a dropped weapon during a struggle. (AP Photo/Stefanie Dazio)

Attorney: Black man shot by LA deputies wasn’t holding a gun

By STEFANIE DAZIO - Associated Press

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump appears during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on proposed changes to police practices and accountability on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 10, 2020, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Lawyer: Officer’s knee to neck killed man during 2018 arrest

By Associated Press - Associated Press

This combination of photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office in Minnesota on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, shows Derek Chauvin, from left, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by him and the other Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Kueng, Lane and Thao have been charged with aiding and abetting Chauvin. (Hennepin County Sheriff's Office via AP)

J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, Tou Thao charged in George Floyd death

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This undated handout photo provided by Christopher Harris shows George Floyd. The mayor of Minneapolis called Wednesday, May 27, 2020, for criminal charges to be filed against officer Derek Chauvin, who is seen on video kneeling against the neck of handcuffed Floyd, who complained that he could not breathe and died in police custody. (Christopher Harris via AP)

George Floyd family autopsy: Asphyxiation cause of death

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Protesters gather near the Minnesota Police 3rd Precinct during a gathering Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in response to the death the day before of George Floyd in police custody. Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of Floyd, a black man who died in police custody, were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander’s video showed an officer kneeling on the handcuffed man’s neck, even after he pleaded that he could not breathe and stopped moving. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)

George Floyd’s family to announce results of independent autopsy

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Attorney: Breonna Taylor ‘executed’ by police in her home

By DYLAN LOVAN - Associated Press

More suits filed in Little Rock’s use of no-knock warrants

By HANNAH GRABENSTEIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, file photo, filmmaker Tyler Perry speaks during the funeral service for Aretha Franklin at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit. Perry and attorney Benjamin Crump are scheduled Tuesday to make an announcement about Felipe Santos and Terrance Williams, who vanished after being detained separately by Collier County deputy Steven Calkins. He wasn't charged but was fired for not cooperating with investigators. Santos was Hispanic and Williams was black. Calkins is white. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Ex-deputy sued over 2003 disappearance of black man

By TERRY SPENCER and RYAN J. FOLEY - Associated Press

In this Thursday, July 19, 2018 image taken from surveillance video released by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, Markeis McGlockton, far left, is shot by Michael Drejka during an altercation in the parking lot of a convenience store in Clearwater, Fla. The family of McGlockton issued an appeal Tuesday, July 24, 2018, through an attorney for the public to put pressure on State Attorney Bernie McCabe to file charges against Drejka, a white man who fatally shot the black father of three last Thursday upon being pushed to the ground outside a convenience store. (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Attorney: Parking lot shooting of man ‘cold-blooded murder’

By TERRY SPENCER - Associated Press

Lawyer: Police mistreated black woman in restaurant arrest

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As Sequita Thompson, center, discusses the shooting of her grandson, Stephon Clark, Clark's brother, Ste' vonte Clark wipes a tear from her cheek during a news conference, Monday, March 26, 2018, in Sacramento, Calif. Clark, who was unarmed, was shot and killed by Sacramento police officers a week ago who were responding to a call about a person smashing car windows. At right is attorney Ben Crump. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Grandmother of slain Sacramento man calls for police changes

By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 file photo, attorney E. Brent Bryson, speaks during O.J. Simpson's trial, at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. Bryson is representing the B.B. King estate in a case where some of B.B. King’s heirs are due to ask a judge in Las Vegas on Thursday, June 25, 2015, not to turn over control of the late music icon's estate to the longtime business manager he named as executor. But a lawyer for the B.B. King estate and designated executor LaVerne Toney says family members' claims that Toney isolated their father, stole from him and poisoned him before his May 14 death at age 89 have no basis in fact. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekkon, Pool)

B.B. King’s business manager is made executor of his estate

By KEN RITTER - Associated Press

Ben Carson addresses the Republican National Committee luncheon Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

Ben Carson, attorney Benjamin Crump to participate in town hall on MLK Day

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Michael Brown Sr., center, listens along side Rev. Al Sharpton, right, as Brown family attorney Anthony Gray, left, speaks during a news conference at Greater St. Mark Church Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, in St. Louis County, Mo. Rioting broke out Monday after a grand jury decided not to indict a white Ferguson police officer in the shooting death of the unarmed, black 18-year-old Michael Brown. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Michael Brown’s reps say D.A. ‘went out of his way’ to discredit him

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times