Edward ChampionAug 7, 2024

D'Vontaye Mitchell's horrific death is an unsettling reminder that the cancer of racism is alive and well -- it's lurking beneath the smiling Midwestern hotel employee checking you in -- that is, if you checked in and didn't check your white privilege.

https://apnews.com/article/milwaukee-hotel-death-dvontaye-mitchell-24faa32179b76c2d2effeaf604ed2ac0

#antiracism #dvontayemitchell

D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death: 4 hotel employees charged with being party to felony murder

Prosecutors charged four Milwaukee hotel employees Tuesday with being a party to felony murder in connection with a Black man’s death. According to a criminal complaint, the four employees dragged D’Vontaye Mitchell out of the Hyatt Hotel on June 30 after Mitchell entered a woman’s bathroom and held him on his stomach for eight or nine minutes. One of the employees told investigators that Mitchell was having trouble breathing and repeatedly pleaded for help, according to the complaint. An autopsy showed that Mitchell suffered from morbid obesity and had ingested cocaine and methamphetamine, the complaint said.

AP News
Show threadNonilexAug 3, 2024

#DVontayeMitchell, 43, died of #RestraintAsphyxia along w/the effects of cocaine & methamphetamine, the autopsy found, noting that Mitchell was restrained by multiple people after he had used drugs.

The findings “demand immediate charges” against the security guards involved, the family’s attys said in a statement released by lawyer #BenCrump.

The #Milwaukee County DA’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday morning.

#law #justice #BLM

NonilexAug 3, 2024

The death of #DVontayeMitchell, a #Black man who died after he was pinned to the ground by hotel security guards in June, was ruled a #homicide by the #Milwaukee County medical examiner’s office, which released its final report on Mitchell’s cause of death Friday.

Mitchell’s family called for charges against the hotel #SecurityGuards who were seen holding him facedown in Milwaukee.

#law #justice #RestraintAsphyxia #BLM
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/08/03/dvontaye-mitchell-hotel-homicide-autopsy/

Death of Black man held down by hotel security guards is ruled a homicide

D’Vontaye Mitchell’s family called for charges against the hotel security guards who were seen holding him facedown in Milwaukee.

The Washington Post
Killer Rabbit 90Jul 25, 2024
"Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied": Video Shows Hotel Guards Kill D'Vontaye Mitchell, Yet No Arrests http://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/24/dvontaye_mitchell_ben_crump #DVontayeMItchell #BlackLIvesMatter #PoliceMurder #Milwaukee #PoliceExcessiveForce #PoliceRacism #PolliceBrutality
“Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied”: Video Shows Hotel Guards Kill D’Vontaye Mitchell, Yet No Arrests

D’Vontaye Mitchell died last month in Milwaukee after he was violently pinned to the ground by four security guards outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel, just a few minutes from where the Republican National Convention would take place. Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney who is representing the family, says that the killing is “just inexplicable,” with nobody charged for Mitchell’s death so far. “You have a video of a man being killed. You have witnesses who have given statements. But yet you’re saying you still have to investigate? Why is it different when it’s a Black victim laying dead on the ground?”

Democracy Now!
KinoGhoulJul 25, 2024

“Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied”: Video Shows Guards Kill D’Vontaye Mitchell, Yet No Arrests

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5AZywoPwMI

#news #politics #uspolitics #DVontayeMitchell #Milwaukee #Wisconsin #democracynow

“Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied”: Video Shows Guards Kill D’Vontaye Mitchell, Yet No Arrests

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MusiqueNow   ✡️ 🇵🇸 Jul 24, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5AZywoPwMI

#DemocracyNow

'Justice Delayed, Justice Denied': Video Show Guards Murder #DVontayeMitchell , Yet No Arrests

#BLM #JusticeForDVontayeMitchell

“Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied”: Video Shows Guards Kill D’Vontaye Mitchell, Yet No Arrests

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Chuck DarwinJul 13, 2024

Calls for justice in the 🔹death of a Black man who was pinned to the ground during a struggle with security guards 🔹at a Milwaukee hotel are growing as thousands of GOP supporters and protesters are expected to gather in the city for the Republican National Convention.

♦️D’Vontaye Mitchell’s death on June 30 ♦️has become the most recent flashpoint in how the nation confronts race
and what some see as the systemic brutality of Black people by members of law enforcement
or others in authority,
four years after the May 2020 killing of #George #Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis.

The outcry comes as Milwaukee is already dealing with heightened security concerns around political protests
days before the July 15 start of the Republican convention.

“Just because they have a big event coming up in Milwaukee,
the killing of D’Vontaye Mitchell is just as important as anything else that’s going to happen in Milwaukee this month,” noted civil rights attorney Ben Crump told reporters Monday.

#DVontayeMitchell
https://apnews.com/article/dvontaye-mitchell-milwaukee-hotel-death-d26057cf34270deec725e956b21d6ad2

Calls for justice grow in death of D’Vontaye Mitchell

Calls for justice in the death of a Black man who was pinned to the ground during a struggle with security guards at a Milwaukee hotel are growing. This wave comes as thousands of GOP supporters and protesters are expected to gather in the city for the Republican National Convention. D'Vontaye Mitchell’s death on June 30 has become the most recent flashpoint in how the nation confronts race and what some see as the systemic brutality of Black people by members of law enforcement or others in authority. Milwaukee is already dealing with heightened security concerns around political protests days before the July 15 start of the convention.

AP News
Ivey Janette McClellandJul 13, 2024

Milwaukee.

#dvontayemitchell #blackmastodon #blacklivesmatter https://www.tmj4.com/news/milwaukee-county/murder-charges-in-the-death-of-dvontaye-mitchell-referred-to-district-attorneys-office

Murder charges in the death of D'Vontaye Mitchell referred to district attorney's office

Four charges for felony murder, for four individuals involved in the death of D'Vontaye Mitchell, have been referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office.

TMJ4 News
NABJ Black News & ViewsJul 11, 2024
D'Vontaye Mitchell's recent death in Milwaukee is being compared to the 2020 death of George Floyd. The Rev. Al Sharpton was preparing to deliver Mitchell's eulogy on Thursday, days before the RNC was set to open in the same city. https://bit.ly/4cGSeEA #dvontayemitchell
Calls for justice grow in death of Black man outside of Milwaukee hotel as GOP convention approaches NABJ Black News & Views

Calls for justice in the death of a Black man who was pinned to the ground during a struggle with security guards at a Milwaukee hotel are growing as thousands of GOP supporters and protesters are expected to gather in the city for the Republican National Convention. D'Vontaye Mitchell’s death on June 30 has become the most recent

NABJ Black News & Views
MusiqueNow   ✡️ 🇵🇸 Jul 10, 2024

#DvontayeMitchellRIP

#DvontayeMitchell was murdered a week ago in Milwaukee just ouside the #Hyatt Regency Hotel. 4 security guards on top of him. Over supposedly 'causing a disturbance', says normie news.

Mentioned only on #DemocracyNow, the unarmed Mr. Mitchell was struck in the head with an object.

You don't lose your life over 'causing a disturbance' , c'mon!!

Now his children are afraid of security guards.

The wannabe pigs were NOT arrested.