At 86, Ruth Whitfield was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was killed at the Tops supermarket in Buffalo on Saturday.
Her family has retained Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney who represented the families of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, to represent them in future civil action.
Michael Mroziak of WBFO reports.
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