The Gaynor family equated the condition of the lifeless body of their son and brother, Norris, with that of Emmett Till, who was savagely beaten and murdered in Mississippi in 1955. The NAACP will continue to monitor this case as well as work with the Gaynor family and their ( Fort Lauderdale) attorney Greg Durden as they fight tirelessly to see justice done in the murder of their son.

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