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Arm in arm, the families of two teenagers killed by a Brevard County sheriff's deputy in Cocoa last year walked with high-profile civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump to the lawn outside the Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Justice Center in Viera Friday.
With a crowd of around 50 supporters, Tallahassee-based Crump and co-counsel Natalie Jackson announced officially the filing of a lawsuit against Deputy Jafet-Santiago-Miranda and the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office for the shooting deaths of 18-year-old Sincere Pierce and 16-year-old Angelo "A.J." Crooms on Nov. 13, 2020.