Wright filed a civil lawsuit against Beavercreek police and Walmart Stores Inc., alleging negligence and violation of Crawford's civil rights. The city and Walmart have denied the allegations.
The case is scheduled for trial in 2017. The delay hurts, Wright said, especially after a murder indictment in a recent shooting involving a University of Cincinnati police officer came in less than two weeks after the incident.
"I don’t know if we are any closer to justice than we were on Aug. 5, 2014 (the day Crawford was killed)," he said.
On Wednesday, Sherrod grabbed her lawn chair and sat down next to her son. Her orange hair, done in tight curls, almost glistened in the hot sun. She is not sure she is up to a lot of talking today.
She visits him at least once a week, mostly in the morning. She talks to him, tells him she loves him.
"I update him on my life, the family, how his kids are doing — I just talk about everything," Sherrod said.
Tressa Sherrod, whose son, John Crawford III, 22,
Tressa Sherrod, whose son, John Crawford III, 22, was shot and killed by a Beavercreek police officer while holding an air rifle/pellet gun he picked up from a store shelf in a Beavercreek Wal-Mart store wears a shirt bearing her son's image. She is in Spring Grove Cemetery where he is buried. (Photo: The Enquirer/Patrick Reddy)
This is a screenshot from Video released last year showing the fatal police shooting of Fairfield resident John Crawford III at the Beavercreek Wal-Mart store. (Photo: Provided)
Attorney Michael Wright, who is representing the family, said he believes the officer will eventually be indicted.
"I would hope that they have not made this family wait for an entire year to tell them they are not going to do anything," Wright told The Enquirer in a phone interview.