1. Civil Rights Lawyer Lee Merritt Announces Texas Attorney General Campaign What You Need To Know: National civil rights attorney Lee Merritt is launching a campaign for the Democratic nomination in the race for Texas Attorney General. Merritt announced the kickoff of his campaign Tuesday to unseat the current Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. 2. […]
1. Dems Continue Fight for DC Statehood What You Need To Know: The effort to make the District of Columbia the 51st state of the U.S. is back before the Congress. 2. Social Justice Lawyer Lee Merritt Announces Run for Texas Attorney General What You Need To Know: Civil rights lawyer Lee Merritt has his […]
A federal judge recently ruled that the city of Dallas is not liable for former officer Amber Guyger shooting Botham Jean in his own apartment in 2018. U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn dismissed the city from a civil lawsuit that the Jean family brought after the 26-year-old was killed by Guyger, who was off-duty at the time. The […]
Yolanda Carr, mother of Atatiana Jefferson, has died.
Civil rights attorney Lee Merritt has been hired by the family of 22-year-old Jamee Johnson, who died Saturday (Dec. 14) night after he was shot and killed in an officer-involved shooting after a traffic stop, Action News Jax reports. Johnson was a Florida A&M University student from fall 2015 to spring 2019 and was a […]
Friday news broke that one of the key witnesses in the Amber Guyger trial was murdered in the parking lot of his apartment complex. Lee Merritt was the lead attorney for the Jean family and he and his team are now investigating the murder of Joshua Brown. Merritt tells the TJMS crew that Brown’s family […]
Tom Joyner Morning Show co-host Sybil Wilkes talks with Lee Merritt, the attorney representing the family of Jordan Edwards, the 15-year-old unarmed teenager who was shot and killed by a police officer in Balch Springs, Texas. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter.
