Several Hyatt staff fired after Dvontaye Mitchell’s death at Milwaukee hotel

Aimbridge Hospitality operates the hotel and manages its employees, including any disciplinary actions, according to a Wednesday statement from Hyatt.

“Hyatt joins the family of Dvontaye Mitchell in their calls for transparency, accountability and justice for this senseless tragedy,” wrote Connie McCauslin, senior manager for Hyatt Hotels Corporation, in the statement. “We believe that the employees of Aimbridge Hospitality who were involved should be terminated and that criminal charges should be filed.”

Supported by family members holding signs that read “Charge the killers,” civil rights attorney Ben Crump demanded justice for Mitchell at a news conference followed by a demonstration outside the Milwaukee County Safety Building on Wednesday afternoon.

DeAsia Harmon, Mitchell’s widow, said at the news conference that watching additional videos owned by the state of her husband being held down made her sick to her stomach.

“Because I can’t do anything but just to try to be a voice for him,” she said. “They murdered him and the Hyatt is responsible.”

Mitchell had two children, ages 8 and 6, his mother Brenda Giles said Tuesday. She added that Mitchell struggled with his mental health since his father died in 2016, and that she did not know why he was at the hotel.

Crump previously represented the family of George Floyd, whose death involved police officers pinning him to the ground.

The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office is investigating Mitchell’s death as a homicide and waiting on the final autopsy from the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office before making its decision, according to a Wednesday statement.