Ben Crump

Florida attorney Benjamin Crump has been hired to represent the family of 86-year-old Ruth Elizabeth Whitfield, one of 10 people killed at a grocery store in a predominately Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York Saturday. “Yesterday, we witnessed the deadliest mass shooting of 2022, perpetrated by a self-proclaimed white supremacist...

'Matlow didn’t just show up. He has been here working to better the lives of the people of Tallahassee for many years.'. Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump announced Friday he is endorsing Tallahassee City Commissioner Jeremy Matlow in his 2022 re-election bid. Crump endorsed Matlow during his first election...

'She leads with grace and integrity, and she's also paved the way for others to have the courage to do the same.'. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump announced Wednesday he is endorsing nonprofit head and Leon County employee Paula DeBoles-Johnson in her bid for the Leon Commission District 5 seat.

Randle, 29, was shot and killed by a Houston police officer on April 27. Crump said their independent autopsy shows Randle was shot in the back of his neck.

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump sees a throughline from representing the family of Patrick Lyoya, who was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to his racial discrimination lawsuit against Wells Fargo bank. “America has to come to grips with the racial discrimination that...

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump joins Bakari Sellers to discuss the case surrounding Grand Rapids PD killing an unarmed man named Patrick Lyoya (2:38), policy changes taking place in Orlando (9:04), and the argument against banning menthol cigarettes (14:33). Host: Bakari Sellers. Guest: Ben Crump. Producer: Donnie Beacham. Executive Producer:...

Nekia Dodd and Yarnell Sampson, the mother and father of deceased 14-year-old Tyree Sampson, on Tuesday discussed their wrongful death lawsuit filed against ICON Park in Orange County, Florida, on Monday. Tyre Sampson fell to his death from the Orlando FreeFall ride at ICON Park on March 24. The teenager...

By David Major – www.blackenterprise.comOn Monday, civil rights attorney Ben Crump held a press conference alleging Wells Fargo’s discriminatory loan practices kills Black opportunity. Crump, who has represented the families of Ahmaud Abery and Breonna Taylor, held the conference at the Mt. Zion Second Baptist Church in Atlanta...

"We intend to fight for justice for this family," Rev. Al Sharpton told reporters after Patrick Lyoya's funeral. "This is not a cameo appearance. I will be here whenever and however needed." (April 22, 2022)

LANSING, Mich. — The calls for justice are growing louder in the wake of a deadly police shooting that claimed Patrick Lyoya's life. The Black Lives Matter chapter of Lansing is planning a march on Thursday to the steps of the State Capitol to demand justice. Lyoya's family, alongside...

On January 1, 2009, 22-year-old Oscar Grant was at Fruitvale Station in Oakland, California, around 2 a.m., when a BART transportation police officer shot and killed him. His death was one of the first to be recorded by cell phone.

EDWARDSVILLE - Renowned civil rights attorneys Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law, Bob Hilliard of Hilliard Martinez Gonzales, and attorneys Patrick King and William Miller of MillerKing Law Firm announced today that they have filed two lawsuits on behalf of victims of the deadly Amazon warehouse collapse that occurred on Dec. 10, 2021, when tornadoes touched down in Edwardsville.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Ben Crump and several other civil rights attorneys have filed two lawsuits on behalf of victims in the Edwardsville Amazon warehouse collapse. Crump, Bob Hilliard, Patrick King and William Miller are suing on behalf of Amazon drivers Jamarco Hickman, Evan Jensen, Jada Williams and Deontae Yancey, all who survived the collapse, and Deon January, the mother of DeAndre Morrow, who died. Six people died when a tornado hit the facility on December 10.