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Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, speaking, stands with relatives of the victims of the May 2022 mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, along with their lawyers. All took part in a press conference in Buffalo on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Relatives of the victims of last year's mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market announced Wednesday they are suing the social media sites, weapons retailers and others who they say “loaded the gun” that convicted assailant Payton Gendron in the attack fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online. Photo credit: Libby March, The Buffalo News via The Associated Press

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Lawyer Crump targets social media companies, gun maker in complaint tied to Buffalo mass shooting

July 13, 2023
By Nanette D. Massey
NABJ Black News & Views

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Pamela Dias, the mother of Ajike Owens, center, makes a statement with Rev. Al Sharpton, left, and civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, right, during the funeral for Owens on Monday, June 12, 2023, at Meadowbrook Church in Ocala, Florida. Owens was fatally shot by her neighbor, Susan Lorincz, when she went to Lorincz's door. Lorincz was arrested and charged in the shooting. Photo credit: Alan Youngblood, The Associated Press

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Ajike Owens, Florida mother of 4 shot by neighbor, laid to rest

June 15, 2023
By Melanie Eversley
NABJ Black News & Views

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Dinwiddie County Courthouse in Dinwiddie, Virginia. Photo credit: OZinOH

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7 sheriff’s deputies charged with murder of Black Virginia man

March 17, 2023
By Sarah Rankin
The Associated Press

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Family members and supporters hold a photograph of Tyre Nichols at a news conference in Memphis, Tennessee, Jan. 23, 2023. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, that the federal investigation into the death of a Black man who died after a violent arrest by Memphis police “may take some time.” Speaking during a news conference, U.S. Attorney Kevin G. Ritz said his office is working with the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division in Washington as it investigates the case of Tyre Nichols, who died three days after his January 7 arrest. Photo credit: Gerald Herbert

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Memphis anticipates release of video in Tyre Nichols’ arrest

January 27, 2023
By Adrian Sainz
The Associated Press

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Family members and supporters hold a photograph of Tyre Nichols at a news conference in Memphis, Tennessee, Jan. 23, 2023. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, that the federal investigation into the death of a Black man who died after a violent arrest by Memphis police “may take some time.” Speaking during a news conference, U.S. Attorney Kevin G. Ritz said his office is working with the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division in Washington as it investigates the case of Tyre Nichols, who died three days after his January 7 arrest. Photo credit: Gerald Herbert

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5 Memphis cops charged with murder in Tyre Nichols’ death

January 26, 2023
By Adrian Sainz and Rebecca Reynolds
The Associated Press

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