She waded into the George Floyd conversation around injustice and black lives in an Instagram post. George Floyd was the black man who was killed by a white Minneapolis police officer who kept his knee on his neck on May 25. The ex-officer Derek Chauvin had charges brought against him as did the other three police officers on the scene.
Protests and marches broke out across the country, including in Los Angeles, after the death of Floyd.
Autopsy reports were released in May by the LA County Medical Examiner-Coroner's office regarding the victims in the helicopter crash that killed Bryant, his daughter and seven others.
The causes of the deaths of Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and the seven others was blunt trauma, according to the LA Medical Examiner Twitter feed.
The LA Medical Examiner report said, "The manner of death was certified as accident."
The autopsy on the pilot, Ara Zobayan, showed he didn't have any drugs or alcohol in his system at the time of the crash.
Bryant and the eight others died Jan. 26 when their helicopter crashed in heavy fog in Calabasas. They were on their way to a tournament at the academy.
Bryant and his daughter were given a farewell memorial at Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles in February. Bryant, Kobe's wife and widow, also filed a lawsuit against the helicopter company, Island Express, alleging negligence.
As recently as last month, family of the pilot, Ara Zobayan, said Bryant knew the risks of flying in a helicopter.
