Keith Murriel’s family has retained civil rights attorney Daryl K. Washington to represent them in their claims that Murriel died after being beaten by Jackson, Miss., police, not from a health emergency.
The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city publicly contradicted statements made by its police chief regarding the cause of a death of a Black man on New Year’s Eve.
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba on Monday rejected the claim made by Police Chief James Davis that the death of Keith Murriel, 41, occurred due to a medical emergency while he was being taken into custody. The incident happened at the victim’s residence in North Jackson around 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, according to the today!
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