Days after the conviction of the man who killed 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in 2020, her family is renewing their push for justice in ongoing civil lawsuits against the City of Atlanta and Wendy’s.
Julian Conley, 25, was found guilty of felony murder in Turner’s death and sentenced to life in prison. Turner was shot while riding in an SUV with her family near the burned-out Wendy’s on University Avenue, the site of protests that erupted after the police killing of Rayshard Brooks.
The family maintains that city leaders and Wendy’s were negligent when armed men set up makeshift barricades around the site, creating what attorneys describe as an “autonomous zone.” Family attorney Mawuli Davis pointed to testimony from Conley’s trial as evidence…