Black Lives Matter activist and former star NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has revealed plans the launch of an initiative that will provide a secondary autopsy to family members of anyone whose death is related to police brutality.
The initiative, whose services come at no cost, will partner with a panel of board-certified forensic pathologists to investigate preliminary findings and issue final reports to families.
“We know that the prison industrial complex, which includes police and policing, strives to protect and serve its interest at all costs,” Kaepernick said according to Associated Press.
“The Autopsy Initiative is one important step toward ensuring that family members have access to accurate and forensically verifiable information about the cause of death of their loved one in their time of need.”
Colin Kaepernick
Speaking on the initiative, which has so far gained positive review, Nicole Martin, Program Manager for the Autopsy Initiative. said, “I am passionate about the Initiative’s impact and look forward to being a resource to victims’ family members who have lost their loved ones due to a police-related death,”
The initiative will be operated under the umbrella of Kaepernick’s “Know Your Rights Camp” organization, founded in 2016 with a goal to help “advance 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.”
