--- title: Benjamin Crump | TIME description: 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 canonical: https://time.com/author/benjamin-crump/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/benjamin-crump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Benjamin Crump ## 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 *  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/) *  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/) *  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/) *  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/) *  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/) *  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/) *  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/) *  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/) *  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/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/benjamin-crump/","name":"Benjamin Crump"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/benjamin-crump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/benjamin-crump/"},"name":"Benjamin Crump","jobTitle":null,"description":"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","url":"https://time.com/author/benjamin-crump/","sameAs":["https://x.com/AttorneyCrump"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```