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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.
Surveillance video from inside the hotel viewed by Mitchell’s family and their lawyers Wednesday at the district attorney’s office showed an unarmed man fleeing for his life while being punched and kicked, they said during an afternoon news conference. “What I saw today was disgusting. It makes me sick to my stomach,” Mitchell’s widow, DeAsia Harmon said. “He ran for his life. He was trying to leave. He said ‘I’ll go,’ and they didn’t let him go.
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