BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Drivers in Brevard County may have noticed billboards around town with the name Gregory Edwards.Edwards was a combat army veteran who died while in law enforcement custody in December 2018.Nearly two years later, there are still questions about his death and a legal battle is brewing to find out more about how he died.[TRENDING: 1 dead in Melbourne triple shooting | Type O blood may mean lower COVID-19 risk | Biketoberfest begins in Daytona Beach]That’s why Don Smith is leading the charge in placing the billboards around the county.
There are six of them describing Edwards as military hero.“I’ve lived in Brevard for eight years. I pay attention to the news and I just learned about this three months ago,” Smith.