N.Y. Black Lives Matter Leader Uses Law Degree to ‘Cop Watch’

Walter “Hawk” Newsome, a high-school-dropout turned Big Law firm project-manager who now helps lead the Black Lives Matter movement, says he’s getting calls from attorneys offering to assist the group.

Pro Bono: Alex Spiro, a partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, is one of several lawyers who Newsome says have reached out after the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis sparked protests in New York and across the country. The organization is relying largely on pro bono attorneys to advise members during the protests.

His Legal Training: Newsome, who has two pending lawsuits alleging police ...