Ex-NFL player Colin Kaepernick vows to pay for second autopsy for mentally ill Georgia man, attorney says
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Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and social justice activist Colin Kaepernick has revealed his intentions to cover the costs of an autopsy for a 35-year-old inmate who died under unexplained circumstances. LaShawn Thompson died inside a Fulton County Jail cell in Atlanta in September. The initial autopsy did not reveal Thompson's cause of death, and now Kaepernick is willing to pay for a second autopsy. According to a report from TMZ sports, Kaepernick contacted the Thompson family's legal representatives to inform them that he would fund an additional autopsy for...
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