On Juneteenth, June 19, in Los Angeles, civil rights attorneys Carl Douglas (Douglas Hicks Law) and Ben Crump (Ben Crump Law) announced they had filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles on behalf of Syncere Kai Anderson, the 5-year-old son of Keenan Anderson.
During the investigation, there were leaks that attempted to tarnish the name of Fuller. It raised eyebrows for Hicks and the family because of the language used in the leak. Hicks says, “I do have a concern on how the leak came out, trying to make this connection. And the reason I have this concern, is one of the leaks specifically stated that they had information from the sheriff’s department about Penal Code, PC 288, which is child molestation,” Hicks states.
On Saturday, Dec. 7, the City of Compton hosted a historical Know Your Rights Legal Forum at the Douglas Dollarhide Community Center featuring Compton Mayor Aja Brown, The Cochran Firm’s managing partner attorney Brian Dunn, civil rights attorney and O.J. Simpson defense attorney Carl Douglas and his partner Jamon Hicks along with Ivie, McNeil and Wyatt immigration attorney Margarette Mow. The two-hour-long panel was moderated by Compton City Attorney Damon M. Brown and featured the dos and don’ts of interacting with the police and immigration officers. The forum is first of several criminal justice reform discussions the City of Compton plans to host to empower its residents.