Attorney Ben Crump, center, speaks next to Elmore and Christine Wonsley, at left, and Rev. Al Sharpton during a memorial service for Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old found dead after taking a July 4 boat trip with friends, Monday, July 20, 2026, in Ocean Springs, Miss. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Attendees gesture at a news conference about the results of an independent autopsy of Nolan Wells at the NAACP National Convention in Chicago, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)

Christine Wonsley speaks at a news conference about the results of an independent autopsy of her son, Nolan Wells at the NAACP National Convention in Chicago, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump speaks at a news conference about the results of an independent autopsy of Nolan Wells at the NAACP National Convention in Chicago, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)

Elmore Wonsley, center, speaks next to attorney Ben Crump, left, and Rev. Al Sharpton during a memorial service for Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old found dead after taking a July 4 boat trip with friends, Monday, July 20, 2026, in Ocean Springs, Miss. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

FILE - Hadi Matar walks in to the Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y., May, 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File)

FILE - Novelist Salman Rushdie attends the premiere of the documentary film "Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie" during the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25, 2026, at The Ray in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

In this courtroom sketch, a witness describes video of an alleged attack on Salman Rushdie by Hadi Matar, in federal court in Buffalo, N.Y., Wednesday, July 22, 2026. Matar, foreground, is seated with his lawyer's co-council. (Alexandra Newbould via AP)