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Courtesy of The Rutherford Law Firm By Shelby Stewart ·Updated June 3, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
The family of Cyrus Carmack-Belton is speaking out after a South Carolina jury acquitted convenience store owner Chikei Rick Chow in the 2023 fatal shooting of the Black 14-year-old, calling the verdict a devastating reminder of how Black families are often denied justice after losing their children to violence.
“Yesterday a jury
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