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    Relatives honor Ruth Whitfield, 86, as a devoted mom, wife and grandmother

    Whitfield's children and grandchildren share treasured memories and calls to action at the event with their legal team, led by prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump.
    by Rachel Treisman May 16, 2022 4 minutes

    Relatives of Buffalo shooting victim Ruth Whitfield paid tribute to their family matriarch and called for policy changes in her memory at an emotional press conference on Monday.

    Whitfield's children and grandchildren shared treasured memories and calls to action at the event with their legal team, which is led by prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump.

    Crump described her as "a great lady, a hero for this community [and] an angel for her family," including her four children and husband of 68 years, who has lived in a nearby nursing home for nearly a decade.

    Whitfield visited the nursing home every day to care for her husband, and had stopped at the Tops grocery store

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