ben crump
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Yes, Kenya Barris Pays Attention-ish to the -Ish Universe Jokes
Barris argues that no one questioned Norman Lear for doing a bunch of family shows.
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Mikayla Miller’s Death Ruled Suicide After Black Teen’s Body Found in Woods in Massachusetts
The death of 16-year-old Mikayla Miller has officially been ruled a suicide. Mikayla’s body was found by a jogger in the woods near her home in Hopkinton, Mass., on April 18. The day before she was found, her mother reported to police that she had been jumped by five other teens, which raised questions as…
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N.C. Prosecutor Clears Cops Who Killed Andrew Brown Jr., Says Deadly Force Was 'Justified'
The North Carolina district attorney investigating a police shooting cleared the sheriff’s deputies who shot and killed an unarmed Black man because, apparently, North Carolina law allows police officers to kill people based on the cops’ imagination. On Tuesday, North Carolina District Attorney Andrew Womble announced that the four officers who shot and killed Andrew…
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Ohio City Agrees to $10 Million Settlement for the Family of André Hill
I’m somewhat surprised that we still haven’t reached the point where legislators are pushing police reform. Even if they’re unmoved by the loss of life, you would think they would grow tired of paying out millions over unnecessary deaths. Case in point: The city of Columbus, Ohio, has agreed to pay the family of André…
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Families of Black Men Killed by Cops Push for Serious Reform
The families of Black men killed by police spoke with White House officials and senators Thursday about the passage of a meaningful reform bill that will address police brutality, with the May 25 anniversary of George Floyd’s death being the goal date. Families left the meetings optimistic that lawmakers are working tirelessly to achieve that…
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Autopsy and Newly Released Video Shows Andrew Brown Died From 'Kill Shot' During Police Ambush
Attorneys for a North Carolina man killed by police say an autopsy and newly obtained footage confirms that he was ambushed by local deputies before being struck by five bullets, the final one piercing the back of his head. Meanwhile, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened an inquiry into whether federal laws were broken…
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'Let's Be Clear; This Was an Execution': Family Incensed After Viewing 20-Second Snippet of N.C. Police Killing Andrew Brown Jr.
“An execution” was the first response of one of the few people allowed to see a snippet of the video that showed the police-involved shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. After numerous delays, officials in Elizabeth City, N.C., finally allowed the family and representatives of Andrew Brown Jr.—who was killed by a Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputy…
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Jacob Blake Sues Wisconsin Officer Who Shot and Paralyzed Him
Jacob Blake is taking legal action against the police officer who shot him in the back seven times last summer in Kenosha, Wis., paralyzing the 29-year-old Black man. Blake’s attorneys in the case, Ben Crump, Patrick A. Salvi and B’Ivory LaMarr, announced on Thursday that they had filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Kenosha…
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BLM Global Network Foundation Meets With Michael Brown Chosen for Change to Hash Out 'Issues' Between BLM and Parents of Police Violence Victims
You may have heard recently that there has been a fair amount of friction in anti-racism activist circles—much of which has revolved around the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. Most recently, Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice, called out Until Freedom founder Tamika Mallory over her part in rapper Lil Baby’s police brutality-themed Grammy…