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You might remember Mark O’ Mara, the lawyer responsible for George Zimmerman walking away a free man after killing Trayvon Martin in 2012. The CNN analyst has been blasted for his role in the trial, but now seems to have grown an interest in the plight of young black men in America.

Case in point: his involvement in a case where a black man died in the hands of police in Georgia.

According to News One, Mara is demanding answers on behalf of Matthew Ojibade’s family. Ojibade died on New Year’s Day after being retained by the Chatham County Police Department in Savannah, Georgia. Police were called by Ojibade’s girlfriend during a domestic dispute. His girlfriend told police the 22-year-old suffered from bipolar disorder and advised them to take him to the hospital. After she reportedly handed over his prescription to the cops, they took Ojibade to Chatham County Detention Center instead.

After a few scuffles with the police, Ojibade was confined to a chair. During the time he was isolated, he died. O’Mara spoke out about the man’s death during a press conference on Tuesday.

O’Mara says, “Unfortunately this turned from helping, to an arrest pretty quickly and we want to know why—we want to know why the family’s request that he be brought to the hospital—which seemed to be reasonable – were not heeded. I hope [sheriff’s deputies are] just going to be open, honest and straight forward with why they did what they did because we know it had a tragic result. He’s dead.”

O’Mara has released several statements about his outlook on racial injustices since the Trayvon Martin case, and has also voiced his opinion about black lives in Ferguson, as well as during the Jordan Davis trial.

He’s also seemingly defended Michael Brown’s stepfather for his comments after the grand jury decided not to charge Officer Darren Wilson for killing the teen:

“But are we really going to charge Michael Brown’s stepfather with a crime? Or are we going to show sensitivity to the bigger picture and the larger issues that surround the shooting of Michael Brown, especially when these issues include a crisis of confidence in the criminal justice process? There are times that we are, as a society, willing to turn a blind eye to the rules, and we’re willing to overlook the cold facts when they fall into a broader context.”

What a change of heart…

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has conducted an autopsy on Ojibade. Officials also plan to look into police surveillance cameras to find answers about his death.

SOURCE: News One | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty/Handout 

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