NAACP to help ‘fall guy’ in deadly 2013 building collapse

PHILADELPHIA — The president of the Philadelphia NAACP says the group plans to help a demolition contractor appeal his long prison sentence in a deadly 2013 building collapse.

According to The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/2dMukue ), Rodney Muhammad says contractor Griffin Campbell was a “fall guy” who was blamed for managerial mistakes.

Muhammad says Campbell had no authority to shut down the work site.

Six people were killed and 13 were hurt when an unbraced four-story brick wall collapsed on a Salvation Army store.