MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF JUSTICE, a weekly podcast with National Civil Rights Lawyer, Social Justice Advocate, Social Media Influencers, and author "Dr. Roderick Van Daniel, Esquire - Attorney at Law" - Follow on Instagram at @roderickvandaniel_law_firm_llc & @drroderickvandaniel_esquire.  The perfect blend of discussing law, real life issues, personal experiences, honest advice, and comedy. Contact at roddaniel205@gmail.com or 205-317-9321.

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MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF JUSTICE, a weekly podcast with National Civil Rights Lawyer, Social Justice Advocate, Social Media Influencers, and author "Dr. Roderick Van Daniel, Esquire - Attorney at Law" - Follow on Instagram at @roderickvandaniel_law_firm_llc & @drroderickvandaniel_esquire. The perfect blend of discussing law, real life issues, personal experiences, and honest advice. Contact at roddaniel205@gmail.com or 205-317-9321. 

Episode 3 - Part 1: Tyre Nichols - The death of “Tyre Nichols” in Memphis, Tennessee has caused shockwaves across the nation and sparked calls for widespread protests against police brutality. 

Multiple officers have been charged with murdering the 29 years old African American black man by allegedly beating him during a traffic stop. This is a shocking crime that involves “acts that defy humanity.”

Nichols was tall; around 6’3”. He weighed about 150 pounds at the time of his death.  

His mother, RowVaugh Wells, stated, “Those men, if you combined their weight, it was over a thousand pounds, beating and beating a 150 pounds person to death.  Because that’s what they did, beat my son to death.”

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MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF JUSTICE, a weekly podcast with National Civil Rights Lawyer, Social Justice Advocate, Social Media Influencers, and author "Dr. Roderick Van Daniel, Esquire - Attorney at Law" - Follow on Instagram at @roderickvandaniel_law_firm_llc & @drroderickvandaniel_esquire. The perfect blend of discussing law, real life issues, personal experiences, and honest advice. Contact at roddaniel205@gmail.com or 205-317-9321. 

Episode 4: Marvin Long, who is pursuing a federal lawsuit and police accountability, writes about his mistreatment. 

The officer was yelling out to his dog – “bite him….bite him…bite him. But I did nothing wrong,” said Marvin Long. 

Back in June of 2021, Marvin Long of Alabama was arrested for observing a raid down the road from his home.  The police car was parked in front of his private property. Now, Long will file a federal lawsuit against the officers and the City of Sheffield, Alabama, alleging the incident caused him a great deal of physical, emotional, and mental distress. 

Marvin Long was charged with resisting arrest and obstruction of governmental investigation.

According to reports, the cops arrested Long after he refused to provide officers with information that he lived on the property, and he was standing too close to the police car.  Long, a resident of Sheffield and Colbert County in Alabama, knew he was not required to show ID if there was no probable cause to believe he was up to something criminal.  

The police officer yelled, “get away from my car and if you do not; I will arrest you for obstruction of governmental investigation.”  The officers had the two suspects in custody and walked them to the police car that was in front of Long’s private property.  Long’s attorney Roderick Van Daniel told the media that body camera footage of the incident will be enough to sustain legal action against the officers.  

“This video makes it clear that these officers decided they were going to arrest Marvin Long unlawfully.  Long voiced his freedom speech as a concerned citizen on his private property, he sustained serious body injuries while being brutalized by the officers and attacked by their vicious drug dog.  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. fought against this kind of injustice in the 1960s in Birmingham, Alabama against the injustice of a peaceful protest while the officers’ dogs attack our citizens,” said Van Daniel. 

Long stated, “I was not a suspect.  I was only a concerned citizen wondering why this police car was blocking the road close to my home.  As a black man, a citizen of Alabama, this has disheartened my spirit as a father, a man, and a citizen of the United States of America. We are still fighting while being concerned citizens while black. The officer was yelling out – bite him….bite him…bite him. I did nothing wrong.” 

Officers approaching Black people with the suspicion they are a suspect before they can explain themselves is nothing new.  Attorney Roderick Van Daniel said, “Being a concerned citizen while black is not a crime. Not in Colbert County, not Alabama and not in the United States of America.”