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Courtesy D’Vontaye Mitchell’s Family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(MILWAUKEE, Wis.) — People gathered outside the Milwaukee District Attorney’s Office on Monday to demand charges be filed against four hotel security guards involved in the death of a Black man that was ruled a homicide.<\/p>\n

\u201cD.A. Chisholm, all we want you to do is your job, that\u2019s all we want,\u201d Naisha Mitchell, D\u2019Vontaye Mitchell\u2019s sister, said during the morning rally.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou told us you were waiting on the autopsy results before you made your next move. Those results came back last week. In my opinion, you should have been at these people\u2019s houses the same day they came out,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

The demands come days after the Milwaukee County medical examiner ruled Mitchell\u2019s death was a homicide, the result of restraint asphyxia and toxic effects of cocaine and methamphetamine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe medical examiner’s report confirms the obvious here, which was that, you know, D’Vontaye Mitchell was murdered outside of the Hyatt Hotel in Milwaukee by Aimbridge Hospitality employees,\u201d William Sulton, one of the attorneys representing Mitchell\u2019s family, told ABC News.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Sulton released newly obtained surveillance video that showed the moments leading up to Mitchell\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt broke my heart. I didn’t know what to feel. I didn’t know how to feel. If it broke something inside of me because it was so brutal and just what they did to him. It’s unbelievable,\u201d DeAsia Harmon, Mitchell\u2019s wife, told ABC News in an interview after seeing the surveillance videos.<\/p>\n

On June 30, Mitchell, 43, showed up to the Milwaukee Hyatt Regency hotel acting frantically, running into the hotel\u2019s gift shop and women\u2019s bathroom, surveillance video showed. Mitchell\u2019s family has said he was having a mental health episode.<\/p>\n

The newly released surveillance video shows one security guard dragging Mitchell through the lobby doors before another security guard joins him and starts punching Mitchell while he is still on the ground. A hotel employee then grabs a broom and starts striking Mitchell. The security guards continue to punch Mitchell before he is pinned to the ground for more than 8 minutes, the video, reviewed by ABC News, shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat these videos demonstrate is that he was brutally beaten to death,\u201d Sulton said, adding Mitchell\u2019s family expects the District Attorney\u2019s Office will now charge the security guards.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were fortunate in this case to have onlookers who had cell phone video footage, which allowed us to prove that Mr. Mitchell was murdered,\u201d Sulton said, adding that \u201cthere are still items that need to be investigated. There’s still evidence that needs to be collected.\u201d<\/p>\n

On July 12, the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) released a statement saying they had initiated a death investigation the day of the incident, referring felony murder charges with the underlying charge of battery to the District Attorney’s Office on July 5. MPD said the investigation was ongoing and declined further comment.<\/p>\n

Aimbridge Hospitality, the hotel management firm that employed the security guards, told ABC News in a new statement they had terminated the guards after reviewing their actions, which were in violation of their policies and procedures. The security guards involved in the incident have not been identified.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are continuing to do everything we can to support law enforcement with their ongoing investigation of this tragedy, and will continue our own investigation,\u201d Aimbridge Hospitality said in the statement<\/p>\n

Harmon, Mitchell\u2019s wife, said she was devastated to learn the circumstances of her husband\u2019s death. \u201cI didn’t know what to think. I didn’t know what to feel. I just knew that a part of me was going. A part of me was gone. My daughter just lost her father. And it’s still not real to me,\u201d Harmon said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a gentle giant. He was loving and caring, and he was smart and funny and very talented. He was a wonderful father, wonderful husband, great friend, brother, cousin, son, all across the board. Everybody who’s ever come in contact with him loved him,\u201d Harmon said.<\/p>\n

The Milwaukee County District Attorney\u2019s Office did not immediately respond to ABC News\u2019 request for comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want the law to actually mean something. I want his life to mean something. It meant something to me. It meant something to my daughter. It meant something to his entire family. So for me, I want everyone involved, everyone involved to go to jail,\u201d Harmon said.<\/p>\n

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