It’s been about five months since Shanquella Robinson was killed while on vacation in Mexico with a group of friends, and justice still eludes her family, and now her family is asking President Biden, the US State Department and senior diplomats other intervention.
On Friday, Robinson’s parents held a press conference in Washington D.C. to demand justice for their murdered daughter, whose body was found in October 2022 inside the mansion she and her team were in. companion has stayed.
Shanquella Robinson family joins civil rights activists, NAACP for protest in Washington DC
“I don’t want this nightmare for anyone. My daughter was beaten to death on video,” Robinson’s mother, Salamondra, told the crowd. “I can hardly talk about it. No one was arrested and my family had to wait and beg for answers. I am here as an American citizen to call on the President to get justice for my daughter.”
NAACP regional director Ben Crump and others stood aside the family and began the protest with chants of “justice for Shanquella Robinson!” was met with loud cheers from the crowd.
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“You can only imagine what she’s faced over the past 18 weeks,” Crump said of Robinson’s mother. “We will never give up on this family because Shanquella Robinson’s life is so important!”
Renowned defense lawyer Ben Crump speaks out Dejanae Johnson And Cabo Six
Crump then gives a brief background on the case of the murdered 25-year-old woman, highlighting all that Shanquella has accomplished in her short life.
“It has been 126 days since she passed away. with the video of her being literally beaten to death 15 weeks ago, and STILL with all this visual evidence, NO one has been caught! Crump roared. “We will show up whether the killers are Black or White! It’s not important!
Later, Crump talked about the suspected perpetrator behind the murders of “Cabo Six” and Shanquella, Dejanae Johnsonwho has an arrest warrant filed in Mexico Shade room previously reported, but still free to this day.
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“Friends who traveled with her came back and told (Robinson’s family) that she died of alcohol poisoning. But they texted about it, joked about it after the tragedy.”
Crump responds to family’s call for diplomatic intervention: “When a white woman goes missing, it’s not hard” to get justice
Crump echoed Salamondra’s call for diplomatic intervention from President Biden to bring justice to those responsible for Shanquella Robinson’s death.
“We are requesting high-level diplomatic intervention from President Biden and the State Department to bring justice to the person or persons responsible for her death,” Crump said. “It’s not a difficult act, when a white woman goes missing, it’s not a difficult act” to win justice.
COMMUNICATION WARNING: @AttorneyCrump and attorney Sue-Ann Robinson will hold a news conference tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. ET to seek diplomatic intervention by @POTUS and the U.S. State Department makes it a priority to bring those responsible for Shanquella Robinson’s death to justice. pic.twitter.com/AyTtsmV7BC
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Crump added: “We were told that the Mexican authorities were not doing their job properly. “We must go above and beyond to get justice as Negroes.”
Mexican authorities have informed the Robinson family that their investigation is complete, “But the suspect(s) are still free to roam.”
He went on to say that Mexican authorities have informed their family and council that their investigation is complete, “but their suspect is still free to move around in the United States, sleeping comfortably in his bed. theirs at night.”
“The US government needs to do one of two things, extradite Shanquella’s killer to Mexico to face the charges and alleged crimes against her, or two, get jurisdiction from Mexico to prosecute those responsible and bring justice to this family. .”
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“State Department, President Biden, what will you do to bring justice to this poor woman (Shanquella’s mother). It’s simple,” Crump continued.
Councilor Sue-Ann Robinson, with no ties to Shanquella, is commended by Crump for traveling to Mexico on his own to gather evidence against the killer or his killers.
Tonight’s view from DC
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– Brandon Hamilton (@BHAMonTV) March 3, 2023
“Shanquella is a beautiful woman, a businessman,” she said. “No one should have to endure the outrage she did. I have to go down there to gather evidence, try to find answers for this family, no one has to do that. family doesn’t ask for anything special. they’re just asking their government to intervene in a murder that we’ve all seen unfold on video.”
Civil rights activist Tamika Mallory compares Shanquella to Natalee Holloway, Gabby Petito
Civil rights activist Tamika Mallory also spoke at Friday’s rally and echoed those sentiments, comparing the situations to Natalee Holloway and Gabby Petito, two white women who have received widespread media coverage. extensively after their disappearance and death.
“There is no fight scene on that video, there is an assault. While she was naked, while they joked. They continued to allow her to be beaten, her neck and spine broken. She came home in a box!”
Mallory called on U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Vice President Kamala Harris as Blacks “to act urgently and use their resources” to get justice for the Shanquella family.
The group went on to say that they had sent letters, in pink envelopes, to the State Department and President Biden, and said they would continue to hold rallies, press conferences and make noises until public The logic for Shanquella is implemented.
