JOINED
JOINED TOGETHER BY THE SAME LAWYER, BEN CRUMP. TONIGHT,
KENT EXPLAINS HOW CRUMP CAME
TO REPRESENT SO MANY OF THESE
FAMILIES.
FAMILIES.
FAMILIES. >> DOVRAY RIGHT LIKE MAN IS
A LIST OF BLACK AMERICANS KILLED
BY POLICE, ADDS YET ANOTHER
BRIGHT WHITE MAN.
>> A FAMILIAR NAME IS ONCE AGAIN
REPRESENTING THE FAMILY.
RENOWNED CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY
BEN CRUMP.
BEN CRUMP. >> WHAT IF BLACK PEOPLE
IN AMERICA, THEY ENGAGE IN THE
MOTION FOR FOYD AND IT ENDS
UP WITH DENSLEY CONSEQUENCES?
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY
.
.
. >>
. >> OF
. >> OF COURSE, CRUMP IS ALSO
HERE BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY
REPRESENTING THE FAMILY
OF GEORGE FOYD. CRUMP FIRST
VISITED MINNEAPOLIS AT FLOYDS
ADULT SON LAST SUMMER.
>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED JUST A FEW YARDS AWAY
FROM WHERE THE EVIDENCE WAS
CLEAR THAT THEY ALL SHOULD HAVE
BEEN ARRESTED THAT FIRST DAY,
THE FIRST HOUR, THE FIRST
MINUTE, AS GEORGE FOYD SAID,
I CAN'T BREATHE OVER NINE TIMES
CRUMP'S JOURNEY TO MINNESOTA
AND NATIONAL PROMINENCE BEGAN
IN 2012 REPRESENTING THE FAMILY
OF TRAYVON MARTIN, THE 17 YEAR
OLD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT SHOT
AND KILLED BY GEORGE ZIMMERMAN,
A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
COORDINATOR. THEN IN 2014,
HE REPRESENTED THE FAMILY
OF MICHAEL BROWN, THE 18 YEAR
OLD SHOT BY A WHITE POLICE
OFFICER IN FERGUSON, MISSOURI.
AND LATER THAT YEAR, TAMIR RICE,
THE 12 YEAR OLD KILLED BY
A WHITE OFFICER IN CLEVELAND,
OHIO, WITH EACH CASE, CRUMP
GAINED A REPUTATION FOR KEEPING
HIS CLIENTS NAMES IN THE NEWS .
AND IN 2020 ALONE,
HE REPRESENTED THE FAMILIES
OF AMEDS ARBERY, THE UNARMED 25
YEAR OLD KILLED BY TWO WHITE
CIVILIANS IN GEORGIA.
BREONNA TAYLOR, THE UNARMED 26
YEAR OLD SHOT AND KILLED DURING
AN DOBNAK RAID BY LOUISVILLE
POLICE. JACOB BLAKE, THE 29 YEAR
OLD MAN SHOT BY AN OFFICER IN
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN. AND OF
COURSE, FLOYD, IN NEARLY ALL
OF HIS CASES, CRUMP HAS HELPED
THE FAMILIES WIN CIVIL JUDGMENTS
AND WRONGFUL DEATH SETTLEMENTS
WORTH MILLIONS, INCLUDING
A RECORD 27 MILLION
FOR MINNEAPOLIS FOR THE DEATH
OF GEORGE FLOYD. BUT SUPPORTERS
LIKE THE REVEREND AL SHARPTON
SAY HE'S DONE MUCH MORE THAN
JUST HELP FAMILIES GET PAID.
>> I CALLED HIM BLACK AMERICA'S
ATTORNEY GENERAL BECAUSE
WE DON'T FEEL WE HAVE ONE
CROMAN HELPED SUCCESSFULLY
LOBBIED THE CITY OF LOUISVILLED
TO BAN NO KNOCK WARRANTS
AND TESTIFIED ON POLICE REFORM
FOR THE HOUSE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE LAST SUMMER.
>> THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD HAS
GALVANIZED THE WORLD
AND MOBILIZED AMERICANS
TO DEMAND A MORE JUST SYSTEM
OF POLICE AND CRIME, SAYS
HE ALSO BELIEVES GEORGE FLOYD'S
DEATH WILL LEAD TO AN ELUSIVE
VICTORY IN CRIMINAL COURT.
BUT WITH THAT IN THE HANDS
OF PROSECUTORS, HE SAYS HE'LL
KEEP STANDING UP FOR THE NEXT
NAME AND THE FAMILY THEY LEAVE
BEHIND.
BEHIND.
BEHIND. >> UNBELIEVABLE, 10 MILES FROM
WHERE THE SHOW TRIAL REGARDING
GEORGE WAS TAKING PLACE THAT A
POLICE OFFICER WILL
SHOOT
SHOOT AND
SHOOT AND KILL ANOTHER UNARMED BLACK MAN. NOW ATTORNEY
CRUMP
CRUMP BREAKS OF THE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT HAS LED TO SOME
CONFLICT AT CERTAIN POINTS
IN THE FAMILY OF TAMIR RICE
ACTUALLY HAD HIM REMOVED FROM
THE CASE BEFORE WAS COMPLETE,
CITING HIS APPROACH. NOW
IT'S ALSO CAUSED SOME FRICTION
AT TIMES WITH PROSECUTORS WHO
ARE ON THE CRIMINAL SIDE SAYING
THAT THEY ARE PUSHING VERY HARD,
OF COURSE, FOR INCREASED CHARGES
AND IT'S CAUSED SOME CONFLICT
HERE IN MINNEAPOLIS WHEN THEY
ANNOUNCED THAT BIG SETTLEMENT
WITH THE FOYD FAMILY AND OF
COURSE, LED TO THE DISMISSAL
JURORS. OF COURSE, CRUMP ONLY
HAD A SMALL PART OF THAT CITY,
MINNEAPOLIS ALSO ANNOUNCED
THAT SETTLEMENT JIM.
>> RIGHT. AND MR. CRUMP IS NOT
A PERSON TO RUN FROM
CONTROVERSY. HE SEEMS TO ALMOST
ALWAYS USE IT TO HIS ADVANTAGE
TO GET HIS VOICE HEARD.
>> THE VOICES OF OTHERS THAT HE
REPRESENTS. EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HE
SAID MULTIPLE TIMES, THAT HE
USES THAT PLATFORM STRATEGICALLY
TO PUSH AND MAKE PEOPLE FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE, ESPECIALLY THOSE
IN POWER IN ORDER TO HOPEFULLY
EXACT CHANGE. AND HE'S VERY
SUCCESSFUL AT IT. IT'S WORTH
MENTIONING THAT LASTRUP
THE WASHINGTON POST IN THE
SUMMER AFTER GEORGE FOYD THEY
TALKED ABOUT THIS CASE WITH HIS
SUCCESS WITH THESE CASES.
>> HE'S WON MORE THAN