Benjamin Crump
Benjamin Crump
Benjamin Lloyd Crumpis an American attorney at the Tallahassee, Florida based law firm Parks & Crump, LLC known for his association with the 2012/2013 George Zimmerman case. He is representing the family of Michael Brown, a 17-year-old African-American man shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri...
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Certainly, they feel regret that their son had to die to have changes come forth. Nobody has accepted responsibility.
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We are encouraged, but conscientious. There needs to be a strong message that our state leaders will not condone this.
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We argued to the judge that miracles like this are wonderful, but they do come with a price.
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We are working on the arrangements.... Saying (Anderson) died of sickle cell trait is like saying a man who was lynched died because he had a weak neck.
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He was an average little boy. No greater, no less. His mother can't watch the video either.
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We know it's going to be a long journey to get justice. The family is committed, and we are going to stay the course.
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When you look at the Justice Department's report talking about the Ferguson Police Department's rampant pattern of discrimination and its excessive use of force against African-American citizens, it's hard to try to rationalize how this cesspool of racism doesn't spill over onto the individual officers.
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An act of violence against any innocent person eludes moral justification, disgraces the millions of Americans and people throughout the world who have united in peaceful protest against police brutality, and dishonors our proud inheritance of nonviolent resistance.
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There's an old saying in the black community that everybody else is protected and served but we are policed, we don't want to be policed. We want to be protected and served as any American citizen.
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The evidence is there and it is clear. We want the people to be held accountable. Everybody who played a role in the death of Martin Anderson, we want them to be held accountable.
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Martin Anderson is going to tell us what happened today. We believe completely that we are going to get answers.
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The damage to his internal organs wasn't caused from this alleged sickle cell trait. He (the medical examiner) doesn't want to address the issue of internal bleeding. What caused this internal bleeding?
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You can only ask yourself what scarring and bruising was on Martin Anderson that we don't know about.
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You watched that video tape. If that was Gov. Bush's child, how long would it have taken for those law enforcement officers to be arrested?