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November 22, 2021

White Missouri Police Detective Found Guilty in Fatal Shooting of Black Man
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In Missouri, a white Kansas City police detective was found guilty
Friday of fatally shooting a Black man outside his own home in December
of 2019. Eric De Valkenaere was convicted on charges of second-degree
involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action for firing two rounds
at 26-year-old Cameron Lamb, who was killed as he backed his truck into
his garage. At the time, officers had no arrest warrant and no evidence
of a crime.

Lee Merritt: "This is momentous. This is historic. And it means
something. […] This is going to mean something when you go back to
Georgia. It's going to mean something for Ahmaud Arbery. It's going to
mean something for Atatiana Jefferson. It's going to mean something for
so many families that have been impacted… Ronald Green in Illinois.
These instances of justice within our system are far too rare."



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