18/04/2025
NEW: Civil rights attorney Ben Crump visited Knoxville on Wednesday to discuss lawsuits against Knox County and the University of Tennessee Medical Center over the deaths of two Black men following encounters with county law enforcement officers.
Crump, who is representing the families of Daevon Saint-Germain and David Batts, compared the death of Saint-Germain to that of Breonna Taylor, who was killed during a police raid in Louisville, Ky, in March 2020.
“This is Knoxville’s Breonna Taylor,” Crump said.
In the case of David Batts Crump said that he was in need of care, not violence.
“David Batts needed help. It’s troubling so many times when a Black person in America is having a medical crisis or mental health crisis, it is not treated as a medical issue,” he said.
https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/04/17/civil-rights-attorney-to-sue-knox-county-sheriff-ut-medical-over-deaths-of-black-men/
