Nolan Wells' cause of death undetermined, family's autopsy shows
Nolan Wells, 18, was found dead just off Horn Island in Mississippi after enjoying a day out with friends on July 4.
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Nolan Wells, 18, was found dead just off Horn Island in Mississippi after enjoying a day out with friends on July 4.
Outraged Minnesota residents with loved ones who died at the hands of police are demanding accountability over the state's Republican Party holding a public prayer for the former police officer in prison for murdering George Floyd.
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the funeral of the 29-year-old who died after being beaten by police. "We mourn with you," she told his family.
King spoke about the difficult days ahead during the civil rights movement – but the "promised land" on the horizon. Nichols' stepfather, Rodney Wells, also spoke about the "fight ahead of us" to achieve justice.
Many felt the traffic stop was the result of racial profiling and shouldn't have happened. The shooting, which occurred as Derek Chauvin was on trial in Minneapolis on murder charges in George Floyd's killing, sparked several days of demonstrations outside the Brooklyn Center police station marked by tear gas and clashes between protesters and police.
The family of 22-year-old Amir Locke, the Black man fatally shot by Minneapolis police, spoke publicly for the first time Friday, condemning the search warrant which ultimately resulted in their son's death.
Following the collapse of bipartisan police reform talks in Congress on Wednesday, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represents the family of George Floyd, said that his clients are extremely disappointed and urged Democratic senators to bring the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to a floor vote.
Family and friends gathered Monday to remember Leneal Frazier, the innocent man who was killed in a crash with a Minneapolis police squad car on July 6.
A public memorial service will be held Monday for Leneal Frazier, the innocent driver killed earlier this month in a crash with a Minneapolis police officer who was chasing a robbery suspect.
Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump announced on Thursday that he has been retained to represent the family of Leneal Frazier.
The Rev. Al Sharpton said that if Chauvin is convicted federally, the federal sentence could run consecutively, giving Chauvin more time in prison.
George Floyd's cousin Shareeduh Tate said she and the Floyd family hope Derek Chauvin receives the maximum prison time amid his sentencing on Friday.
Ben Crump, the attorney for the families of George Floyd and Daunte Wright, filed a lawsuit last week on behalf of a Black man who was arrested during last year's unrest while working security for a CNN news crew.
Members of George Floyd's family, and others who lost loved ones to police encounters, joined activists and citizens in Minneapolis on Sunday for a march that was one of several events planned nationwide to mark the one-year anniversary of Floyd's death.
In less than a decade, the Florida-based attorney has become the voice for the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd -- Black people whose deaths at the hands of police and vigilantes sparked a movement.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty on all counts in George Floyd's death. According to a pool report, George Floyd's brother, Philonise Floyd, was praying in the courtroom before the verdict was read.
The family of George Floyd left the courtroom to stand in solidarity, extending their hands to a family mourning Wright's loss.
During the lunch hour, the family -- along with their attorneys and spiritual leader Rev. Al Sharpton -- walked out of the courtroom and outside to pray.
George Floyd's family, along with civil rights attorney Ben Crump gathered outside of the Family Justice Center in downtown Minneapolis following a nearly four-hour pre-trial hearing.
Jacob Blake has spoken publicly for the first time since a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer shot him seven times in the back, saying he's in constant pain from the shooting, which doctors fear will leave him paralyzed from the waist down.
The lawyer representing the family of George Floyd says he will sue the city of Minneapolis.
Ben Crump, the attorney for the family of George Floyd, has appealed to the United Nations to intervene in the case, calling for all four officers involved in his death to be charged with first-degree murder.
Ben Crump called the loss of George critical but all too common listing a name of victims who've died in the hands of police, including Jamar Clark and Philando Castile.
George Floyd's family on Wednesday demanded the arrest of all four police officers involved in his death, as they visited a makeshift shrine at the Minneapolis street corner where the black man died after a white officer pressed a knee on his neck as he pleaded for air.
The doctors who completed the independent autopsy say they recognize toxicology reports and other medical information are needed for a final report.
