Family calls for accountability in woman's death

Описание: (29 Jul 2022)
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Decatur, Georgia - 29 July 2022
1. Lawyers gather with family of Brianna Grier
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Crump, attorney:
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"Yet again, we have another African American citizen killed in just an unbelievable way while in the custody of the police."
3. Lawyers and family of Brianna Grier gather to pray
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ben Crump, attorney:
"They allege that this Black woman, who is not very heavy, somehow manages to get out the back of a police car. With handcuffs on."
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5. . SOUNDBITE (English) Marvin Grier, father of Brianna Grier:
"What we're trying to do, we're trying to get answers of what really happened. That's all we want to know. We ain't trying to start no problem. But we gonna start a problem because we want to know what happened. We want to know what happened. That was my child. That was my child regardless. That was my child."
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STORYLINE:
The parents of a 28-year-old Georgia woman who died after she fell from a moving patrol car following her arrest fought back tears Friday as they demanded answers in their daughter's death.
Brianna Grier suffered significant injuries July 15 and died from those injuries on July 21 at an Atlanta hospital.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said this week that the deputies who put Grier in the back of a patrol car to take her to the Hancock County Sheriff's Office failed to close the rear passenger-side door before driving away.
Grier's parents and sister appeared at a news conference Friday with prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump to demand answers.
"What we're trying to do, we're trying to get answers of what really happened. That's all we want to know. We ain't trying to start no problem. But we gonna start a problem because we want to know what happened. We want to know what happened. That was my child," said Marvin Grier, the woman's father.
Attorney Ben Crump called for accountability and transparency at the news conference held in Decatur on Friday.
"Yet again. We have another African American citizen killed in just an unbelievable way while in the custody of the police," Crump said.
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