Two basketball coaches from Atlanta have now been charged with murder after one of their players, 16-year-old Imani Bell, died from a heatstroke in 2019. Larosa Maria Walker-Asekere and Dwight Broom Palmer of Clayton County have been charged with second degree murder and second degree cruelty to children in a grand jury indictment handed down on July 1. "The point of the case is the prosecution, not just the charges," Justin Miller, an attorney for Bell’s family said, ABC11 reported . On Aug. 13, 2019, Bell, a former student at Elite Scholars Academy, was participating in outdoor conditioning drills for the girls’ basketball team when she collapsed after running up the football stadium steps. According to a lawsuit filed by Bell’s family against the coaches, the temperature (Fahrenheit) was in the high 90s and the area was under a heat advisory. “Miss Bell attempted to run with the girls for the last lap but was unable and did a fast paced walk,” an autopsy report states, Atlanta...
