Colin Kaepernick Funds Second Autopsy for Delta State Student Found Hanging From Tree

Colin Kaepernick is stepping in to cowl the prices of a second, impartial post-mortem for De’Martravion “Trey” Reed — the black scholar discovered hanging from a tree on a university campus … this after officers introduced this week his dying was dominated a suicide.

Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, who’s representing the Reed household, launched an announcement on Friday … revealing Kap’s Know Your Rights Camp Autopsy Initiative will fund a separate post-mortem because the household challenges the Mississippi State Medical Examiner’s Office’s preliminary ruling.

Reed’s physique was discovered hanging from a tree on the Delta State University campus on Monday … and his family members have raised questions surrounding the small print being supplied.

“Trey’s death evoked the collective memory of a community that has suffered a historic wound over many, many years and many, many deaths,” Crump mentioned.

“Peace will come only by getting to the truth. We thank Colin Kaepernick for supporting this grieving family and the cause of justice and truth.”

The household’s issues started when kin had been initially instructed Reed was discovered lifeless in his dorm room.

Officials have said it didn’t seem Reed suffered any accidents per an assault.

A white man, 36-year-old Cory Zukatis, was additionally discovered lifeless hanging from a tree on the identical day, 100 miles from DSU.

Kaepernick — who performed six seasons within the NFL — and his spouse, Nessa, launched the KYRC in 2016, a nonprofit devoted to advancing “the liberation and well-being of Black and Brown communities through education, self-empowerment, mass-mobilization and the creation of new systems that elevate the next generation of change leaders.”