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Doretha Lock, right, mother of Christopher Davis, hugs Kamila Ahmed after both shared memories and calls to action Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Milwaukee, Wis. Davis was killed by a Walworth County sheriff’s deputy in 2016. Angela Major/WPR
Doretha Lock was a child in 1981 when she heard about
What followed Lacy’s death
the details of which are still unclear all these years later was weeks of protest in the city similar to the reaction to
George Floyd‘s murder in Minneapolis 40 years later.
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On Feb. 25, activists gathered in Milwaukee to celebrate a long-awaited legal victory in the fight for justice for Christopher Davis. Exactly five years after Davis was killed by then Deputy Juan Ortiz, a judge has allowed a civil case brought against Ortiz to go to a jury trial.
The celebration was organized by the racial justice group The People’s Revolution. A massive snow statue was constructed in Davis’ honor and a group of several dozen people marched to the home of Davis’ mother, Doretha Lock, to remember Davis and continue to demand justice.
“We are all still screaming justice for Christopher Davis and I am asking all of you to continue to keep his name in the atmosphere. I am going to continue to say his name as long as I have breath in my lungs,” said Lock as she addressed the crowd that had gathered outside her home to hold a candlelight vigil. “There is too much injustice being done around America … everywhere to our Black and Bro