As racial tensions stew over police shootings, Florida pushes to keep ex-cop Nouman Raja in prison for Corey Jones killing

“This verdict from this all-white jury gives us hope for equal justice in America,” Crump said in early March 2019. He then cited the names of several Black men killed in publicized confrontations with police, including Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., Philando Castile in Minnesota, and Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La.