--- description: Benjamin Crump most recently represented the family of Tamir Rice title: Family of Pasco Police Shooting Victim Hires High-Profile Civil Rights Attorney image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f0ce67c4b773eb0/698780ab35ba6f5ba7c073b4/antonio-zambrano-montes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Family of Pasco Police Shooting Victim Hires High-Profile Civil Rights Attorney  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 24, 2015 2:50 AM CUT  A demonstrator marches during a rally for Antonio Zambrano-Montes on Feb. 14, 2015, in Pasco, Wash. A demonstrator marches during a rally for Antonio Zambrano-Montes on Feb. 14, 2015, in Pasco, Wash.Andrew Jansen—The Tri-City Herald/AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 24, 2015 2:50 AM CUT The civil rights attorney who has represented the families of Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin [has taken on the case](http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2015/02/23/3424502%5Fhigh-profile-civil-rights-attorney.html?rh=1 "undefined") of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, the orchard worker who was shot and killed by police earlier this month in Washington State. The _Tri-City Herald_ reports that an adviser for the family announced Monday afternoon that Benjamin Crump, who most recently represented the family of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old fatally shot by police in Cleveland last November, was taking over the case. Zambrano-Montes, 35, was fatally wounded after he threw at least one rock at police and tried to run away. The confrontation between Zambrano-Montes and police was captured on video and has been denounced by many Latino leaders, including Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. A special 15-person investigations unit, which will not include any regular Pasco, Wash., police officers, is looking into the death. \[[_Tri-City Herald_](http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2015/02/23/3424502%5Fhigh-profile-civil-rights-attorney.html?rh=1 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3719755/benjamin-crump-antonio-zambrano-montes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3719755/benjamin-crump-antonio-zambrano-montes/"},"headline":"Family of Pasco Police Shooting Victim Hires High-Profile Civil Rights Attorney","datePublished":"2015-02-24T02:50:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:39:00.086Z","description":"Benjamin Crump most recently represented the family of Tamir Rice","url":"https://time.com/3719755/benjamin-crump-antonio-zambrano-montes/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f0ce67c4b773eb0/698780ab35ba6f5ba7c073b4/antonio-zambrano-montes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f0ce67c4b773eb0/698780ab35ba6f5ba7c073b4/antonio-zambrano-montes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Washington Police Shooting","caption":"Washington Police Shooting","creditText":"Andrew Jansen—The Tri-City Herald/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","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":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3719755/benjamin-crump-antonio-zambrano-montes/","name":"Family of Pasco Police Shooting Victim Hires High-Profile Civil Rights Attorney"}}]}] ```