Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump has been retained by the family of Brianna Grier, a 25-year-old Black Georgia woman who died after falling out of the back seat of a moving police car during a mental health crisis. Georgia’s Bureau of Investigation says that the rear door was “never closed” but said the investigation into the incident is ongoing.
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