The family of Shanquella Robinson, whose fatal beating in Mexico on video last year sparked outrage, said it is hopeful in their quest for justice after meeting with White House officials about the pending murder case.
Attorneys Ben Crump and Sue-Ann Robinson, along with activist Tamika Mallory, accompanied Robinson’s family on Friday in their closed-door meeting with the officials, including Stephen Benjamin, director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.
Following the hour-long meeting, the Robinson family and attorneys held a press conference outside the headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women to mark the 200th day since Shanquella was pronounced dead at a vacation villa in Baja California, Mexico.
“We are encouraged by our meeting … with the White House officials and White House Counsel,” declared Crump, who said the family and the attorneys discussed the next steps with Biden-Harris officials. The transnational case has resulted in no arrests to date.
“We are grateful that they said … don’t give up on the process [and] we’re going to look at what can be done to make sure that there is at least due process,” the famed civil rights attorney told reporters.
Video evidence leaked online showed a female traveling companion violently attacking 25-year-old Robinson as others stood by without intervening. As theGrio previously reported, the prosecutor’s office in Baja California issued a warrant for DaeJahnae Jackson, one of the travel mates who a witness identified as the woman who attacked Robinson.
To date, Jackson and the other travel companions remain free in the United States. For months, attorneys for the Robinson family called on the U.S. federal government to either charge those involved in her case or extradite the case to Mexico to allow authorities there to take over.
In April, the FBI announced that it would not charge anyone in…
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