The autopsy determined the manner of death was a homicide
RALEIGH, N.C. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, attorney Dawn Blagrove with Emancipate NC, and attorney Kenneth Abbarno, who represent the family of Darryl Tyree Williams, will hold a news conference with the family to respond to the autopsy findings of the NC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Darryl Tyree Williams died on Jan. 17, about an hour after a taser was deployed on him multiple times by Raleigh Police Department officers. Williams told officers as they were deploying the taser that he had heart problems and pleaded for them to stop.
Six officers are on administrative leave and footage from the incident was released.
WHO:
Family of Darryl Tyree Williams
Attorney Ben Crump
Attorney Dawn Blagrove, Executive Director of Emancipate NC
Attorney Kenneth Abbarno
WHEN:
Friday, June 9, at 11:30 am ET
WHERE:
Mount Peace Baptist Church
1601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Raleigh, NC 27610
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