Prominent civil rights lawyer represents slain US airman’s family. A look at Ben Crump’s past cases
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a young Black U.S. Air Force airman gunned down by a Florida sheriff’s deputy is represented by a prominent civil rights lawyer. Ben Crump has been dubbed “Black America’s attorney general” for his role in some of the most consequential cases of police brutality over the past decade and a half. The 54-year-old civil rights lawyer from Florida rose to prominence representing the families of Trayvon Martin, George Floyd and other Black people whose deaths sparked the Black Lives Matter movement. He has said his mission is to hold police and vigilantes who kill with impunity accountable.
