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# Benjamin Crump

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## Benjamin Crump


_Benjamin L. Crump is the attorney for the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Corey Jones and is a former President of the National Bar Association_


## Benjamin Crump


* ![An image from a police helicopter video provided Sept. 20, 2016 by the Tulsa Police Department in Tulsa, Oklahoma, shows the officer involved shooting of Terence Crutcher.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc80e9e567879b979/6988a728cf40a82154c44e99/terence_crutcher.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 22, 2016  
### [The Dangers of Being a Black Man With Car Trouble](https://time.com/4504362/terence-crutcher-black-man-with-car-trouble/)  
'They were killed by the very people who are supposed to protect and serve them'  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![US-CRIME-POLICE-SHOOTING](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b61f05142a38394/69889b333c1639664b45df6e/gettyimages-545418576.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 8, 2016  
### [We Need Justice for Sterling, Castile and the Dallas Police](https://time.com/4398329/alton-sterling-philando-castile-dallas-police-justice/)  
We all need to change. Right now.  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Federal State Of Emergency Declared In Flint, Michigan Over Contaminated Water Supply](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c64be3f65a8254e/69887cd3cf40a8bb0bc41e33/flint.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 9, 2016  
### [Flint Officials Must Pay for Poisoning Black, Poor Community](https://time.com/4213726/flint-officials-must-pay/)  
Without real consequences, there will be no real change  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Demonstrators march in Cleveland, Ohio, on Dec. 29, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58076b9b475dcace/6988796b5f570f0b66b1f397/tamir-rice.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 18, 2016  
### [The Bundys and Tamir Rice Are Proof of Two Americas](https://time.com/4179578/the-bundys-and-tamir-rice-are-proof-of-two-americas/)  
Armed terrorists pose a threat—a child on a playground does not  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez speaks to the media about Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke following a bond hearing for Van Dyke at the Leighton Criminal Courts Building in Chicago on Nov. 24, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbce033fc07d21b21/698873118e0601b59d46388b/alvarez.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 30, 2015  
### [Police Are Not the Only Ones Who Failed Laquan McDonald](https://time.com/4128640/chicago-police-laquan-mcdonald/)  
The Chicago Police Superintendent and Cook County State Attorney must be held accountable for Laquan...  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
* ![Ben Carson, 2016 Republican presidential candidate, smiles while arriving onstage to speak during the Values Voter Summit on Sept. 25, 2015 in Washington, D.C.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0c95c00f4c204848/698866a58e0601033b462ab3/ben-carson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 2, 2015  
### [Why We Should Take a Closer Look at Ben Carson](https://time.com/4058637/michael-brown-attorney-ben-carson/)  
Michael Brown's attorney says the Republican presidential candidate is a role model for men like him  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Benjamin Crump attorney](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ea2910cd8585b6d/69885205524fc02044df2d55/benjamin-crump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 28, 2015  
### [Tamir Rice Attorney: Cleveland Agreement Needs Will Behind Way](https://time.com/3899625/cleveland-agreement-michael-brelo/)  
America needs a system-wide change in how it does policing  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![Six Baltimore police officers face criminal charges in Freddie Gray's death](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54149abce68ea515/6987ee53cd1bba0a4d6f94b5/marilyn-mosby1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 5, 2015  
### [Martin and Brown Attorney: Baltimore Prosecutor Shows Police Are Not Above the Law](https://time.com/3846317/baltimore-prosecutor-marilyn-mosby-police-law/)  
"When there is no transparency, there is no trust"  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)
* ![North Charleston police officer Michael Slager is seen allegedly shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott in the back as he runs away, in this still image from video in North Charleston, S.C. taken April 4, 2015.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b37c640d9f60cb5/6987e49df887dc3851e8d3e0/south-carolina-police-shooting1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 8, 2015  
### [Martin and Brown Attorney: How Many More Videos Will It Take, America?](https://time.com/3814602/south-carolina-walter-scott-police-shooting-attorney/)  
We must stop taking the standard police narrative at face value  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)

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