Death of Kendrick Johnson

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On January 11, 2013, the body of Kendrick Lamar Johnson (October 10, 1995 – January 10, 2013), an American high school student, was discovered inside a vertical rolled-up gym mat in the gymnasium of Lowndes High School, which he attended in Valdosta, Georgia. After a preliminary investigation and autopsy concluded that Johnson's death was accidental, his family had a private pathologist conduct a second autopsy, which concluded that he died from blunt force trauma. On October 31, 2013, the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia announced that his office would open a formal review into Johnson's death. On June 20, 2016, the Department of Justice announced that it would not be filing any criminal charges related to Johnson's death. Johnson's family filed a $100 million civil lawsuit against 38 individuals, stating that his death was a murder and that the respondents were participants in a conspiracy to cover up the homicide, which they claimed involved two sons of an FBI agent....

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