Arbery, Floyd and Taylor Family Lawyers Call for National Justice
L. Chris Stewart, Ben Crump and S. Lee Merritt are calling for federal legislation to create a uniform process of holding police accountable for deadly force and United Nations representation for human rights and economic sanctions.
June 02, 2020 at 12:56 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Daily Report
With Atlanta and cities around the country erupting in violent demonstrations over the killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia, and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, attorneys representing their families have outlined what they see as a national way forward toward justice for all.
Federal legislation to create a uniform process of holding police accountable for deadly force—not just by termination, but with criminal prosecution, and United Nations representation for human rights and economic sanctions—are all part of a plan these lawyers are putting forward: L. Chris Stewart of Atlanta, S. Lee Merritt of Philadelphia, and Ben Crump of Tallahassee.
The lawyers joined together in a statement calling for congressional hearings on police brutality and racial violence, a national task force, and bipartisan legislation to change laws and ensure justice. They proposed ending qualified immunity for governments in such cases.
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