Lee Merritt, a civil rights lawyer who has represented several North Texas families of Black people killed by police officers, said in a video posted to Twitter Saturday he is running for Texas attorney general.
Merritt floated the idea during remarks at a Friday protest at the Collin County Courthouse in response to the in-custody death of Marvin David Scott III. The attorney is representing the Scott family, and told a reporter that he was considering running against current Attorney General Ken Paxton.
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