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Boot camp parents head to Congress
By ALEX LEARY, Times Staff Writer
Published November 14, 2007
The parents of Martin Lee Anderson, the teen who died in a North Florida boot camp, flew to Washington on Tuesday for meetings with U.S. representatives and to meet with Justice Department officials who are conducting a civil rights investigation of the death. Gina Jones and Robert Anderson will meet with Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla., and Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., who heads the House Judiciary Committee. The parents also will participate in a rally Friday at the Justice Department and will meet with officials at the agency, said their lawyer, Ben Crump. Anderson, 14, died after a rough encounter with guards at the Panama City boot camp in January 2006. Last month, seven guards and a nurse were acquitted of manslaughter.
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