S. Lee Merritt of Philadelphia's Merritt Law Firm credited the music superstar and activist with helping them get to Brunswick, Georgia, Thursday for a probable-cause hearing for the three men charged in Ahmaud Arbery's death.
, saying he and Merritt had been frustrated in their efforts to find transportation to the hearing early Thursday morning.
"Court hearing in Brunswick, Georgia this morning. No flights to take us there last night. @leemerrittesq and I spent hours trying to find flights or cars. At 1 am we started losing hope till we got a call from Jay Z’s people at Roc Nation who chartered a flight for us to attend this hearing with the family of Ahmaud Arbery," he wrote. Thankful for their support."Jay-Z did not have any comment on the matter, according to a representative contacted by USA TODAY.
Jay-Z also has been active in efforts to remember George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who died on Memorial Day after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes. His philanthropic arm, Team ROC, partnered with families who have lost sons to police violence and fellow activists to take out aThe ad quotes a passage from a speech made by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, Alabama in 1965.
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