The Kendrick Johnson case is gaining more attention. His body has been exhumed and new evidence is being discovered. The power of the Internet and social media helped to bring it to the forefront. At the time of his death, little
to no attention was given to what seemed to be a botched cover up of a horrible tragedy. How many Kendrick Johnson’s never get to have their turn for justice? We must continue to tell our own stories and continue to push for answers and justice when no one else will.
via CNN
Attorneys for the family of a 17-year-old student found dead in a rolled-up gym mat at a southern Georgia high school called on authorities Thursday to release surveillance video that they say could show what happened.
Kendrick Johnson, they allege, was slain in January — counter to authorities’ conclusions that the three-sport athlete suffocated in the mat while reaching for a sneaker.
“There is one eyewitness that we know is available — it is the video recordings made from surveillance cameras there in the gymnasium where the body was found,” attorney Chevene B. King Jr. told reporters in Valdosta, Georgia.
“For some unknown reason, this tape has been withheld,” he added. Attorney Benjamin Crump, who recently joined the case after representing the family of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, said that Johnson was “murdered, and we intend to get to the truth of what happened.”