BENJAMIN CRUMP

"Civil" puts the life of attorney and civil rights leader Benjamin Crump on full display, showing a side of him that cameras rarely capture.

"Civil" puts the life of attorney and civil rights leader Benjamin Crump on full display, showing a side of him that cameras rarely capture.

"Civil" puts the life of attorney and civil rights leader Benjamin Crump on full display, showing a side of him that cameras rarely capture.

Detailed diary entries online appears to show that the white gunman accused of massacring 10 Black people in a racist rampage at a Buffalo supermarket wrote as early as November about staging a livestreamed attack on African Americans.

The family alleges the ride's owner, manufacturer and landlord were negligent and failed to provide a safe amusement ride.

The parents of 14-year-old Tyre Sampson filed a lawsuit Monday about a month after he fell to his death from the Orlando Free Fall ride.

The Florida Highway Patrol concluded a traffic homicide investigation after a 13-year-old boy died during a chase and determined the officer was not at fault, the Boynton Police Department announced Thursday.

The entire ordeal, which happened back in January, was captured on surveillance video.

Thirteen-year-old Stanley Davis III died in December. Attorney Benjamin Crump is representing his grieving family and they want justice and public safety to prevail.

The mother of Trayvon Martin is marking the 10th anniversary of her son’s death by thanking those who sought justice for her family and urging them to continue to fight.

Before Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor and other Black people died at the hands of white police officers or self-appointed vigilantes, there was Martin Lee Anderson.

A New Jersey teen involved in a mall fight says police were wrong to treat him differently than the other youth involved in the altercation, who is Black. Video posted online last week shows an officer tackling and handcuffing the Black 14-year-old at the Bridgewater Commons Mall. The incident has prompted an internal affairs investigation and calls for disciplining the officers.

Several families whose loved ones died or were injured while trying to escape a smoked-filled Bronx apartment building are suing the owners.

The family of a mentally ill Black man who died after South Carolina jail employees repeatedly stunned him and then kneeled on his back until he stopped breathing is still seeking criminal charges.

Family, friends, civil rights activists and community members memorialized a 14-year-old girl shot and killed in a clothing store dressing room when Los Angeles police fired at a suspect and a bullet pierced a wall.

The three white men sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery will soon face standing trial a second time.

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMediaA jury in Minnesota has convicted former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter on multiple man-slaughter counts for the killing of Daunte Wright. Potter and other Brooklyn Center officers pulled Wright over for expired registration tags and an air freshener on the rearview mirror of his car. When he tried to get back into his car, Potter yelled “Taser,” Taser,” and shot him with her service revolver. Civil rights attorneys Benjamin Crump, Antonio Romanucci and Jeff Storms, who represent the family of Daunte Wright, said in a statement that the family felt a sense of relief. “The family of Daunte Wright is relieved that the justice system has provided some measure of accountability for the senseless death of their son, brother, father and friend,” the attorneys wrote in the statement.

Family members says they're happy about the guilty verdict for the former police officer, who fatally shot Wright in April. But they say it's not true justice.

A South Florida law school says it is creating a social justice center named after Ben Crump, the Black civil rights attorney who has gained national prominence representing victims of police brutality and vigilante violence.

The civil rights attorney is representing Ahmaud Arbery's father, as well as the family of the 9-year-old injured at the Astroworld Festival.

The civil rights attorney is representing Ahmaud Arbery's father, as well as the family of the 9-year-old injured at the Astroworld Festival.

Lawmakers for months have been trying to reach agreement over police reforms.

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Photos: Jesse BrittainIn June, at 3 a.m. on a dark stretch of a highway in rural Arkansas, 17-year-old Hunter Brittain was shot and killed by a sergeant from the Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office.The white teen’s death prompted protests in a region of the state not known for speaking out against police violence. It also attracted the attention of Black civil rights leaders like attorney Benjamin Crump, who is representing Brittain’s family, and has stood alongs

In the nation’s capital on Saturday, multiracial coalitions of civil, human and labor rights leaders are convening rallies and marches to urge passage of federal voter protections that have been eroded since the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The suit, filed in New Jersey's superior court, alleges Johnson & Johnson targeted Black women who "were more likely to use the Powder Products."

From FAMU Public RelationsThe Florida A&M University (FAMU) lineup of summer commencement ceremony speakers is headlined by civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump and includes alumni Marcelia Freeman and Monica Rainge. “We are delighted to have such an impressive lineup of speakers for the 2021 Summer Commencement ceremonies. Attorney Ben Crump and alumni Marcelia Freeman and Monica Rainge have set a standard of excellence in their lives and careers. The FAMU College of Agriculture & Food Sciences (CAFS) graduate is a globally recognized agricultural lawyer, mediator, and farm advocate. Freeman will also address 2020 College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities graduates at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyIt was 3 a.m. on a dark stretch of rural highway, and 17-year-old Hunter Brittain and his cousin were test-driving the pickup truck they’d been tinkering with at a local repair shop all night. Brittain, a white teen from the tiny city of McRae, Arkansas, who dreamed of being a Nascar driver, worked all year to buy the old white GMC truck. But the transmission was a persistent problem.The late-night spin was meant to see if his efforts

When families lose a loved one in a police shooting, more often than not Ben Crump gets a call. Why is he the go-to man?

Civil rights leaders Ben Crump and others joined Hopkinton teen Mikayla Miller's mother to dispute medical examiner's ruling that she killed herself.

The civil rights lawyer who has sought justice for victims of police brutality and civil rights abuses talks about his pursuit of justice against what he calls "legalized genocide," and his battle against the "enemies of equality."

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Preview: The defending counsel for victims of police brutality and civil rights abuses tells "CBS Sunday Morning" about his purpose, and why the future of children "is worth dying for."

Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, was shot dead by sheriff's deputies as they arrived to carry out out search and arrest warrants earlier this month. The Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver his eulogy.

The relatives of several Black Americans who died in police-involved incidents met with Capitol Hill lawmakers and Biden administration offiicials alike on Thursday.

Days after Chauvin verdict, relatives of George Floyd attend Daunte Wright funeral in Minneapolis.

The landmark case has riveted a nation wrestling with the issues of police brutality and racial injustice it raised.

It's a club no one wants to join. These Black families have lost loved ones to police brutality. The Chauvin trial could bring justice.

Kim Potter, 48, is charged with second-degree manslaughter, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years behind bars.

FILE - In this Monday, May 6, 2019, file photo, Nicki Minaj attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York. Minajs mother has filed a $150 million lawsuit against the man who is accused of killing the rapper's father in a hit-and-run crash in February 2021. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)MINEOLA, N.Y. – Rapper Nicki Minaj’s mother, Carol Maraj, has filed a $150 million lawsuit against the man who is accused of killing Minaj’s father in a hit-and-run crash last month, an attorney for Maraj said. Ad“He was not only irresponsible and negligent, but more concerned about running away and hiding than seeking help,” Benjamin Crump, one of the attorneys representing Carol Maraj, said in an Instagram post Friday. Nicki Minaj, who was born Onika Tanya Maraj, has not made any public statement on her father's death.

Walker was the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor who was killed by officers of the Louisville Metro Police Department following the execution of a no knock warrant on her apartment on March 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A judge in Kentucky has signed an order permanently closing a criminal case against Breonna Taylor's boyfriend, who shot a police officer during the deadly raid that killed Taylor. Prosecutors dismissed an attempted murder of a police officer charge against Kenneth L. Walker in May, about two months after Taylor's death. Taylor was fatally shot by police who burst through her door with a narcotics warrant on March 13, 2020. Two other officers who fired shots at Taylor's apartment have been dismissed from the department.

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The three daughters of Malcolm X joined civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump on Saturday to reveal what they say is evidence that proves the NYPD and the FBI conspired to have him assassinated. "At that time, I was not aware that Malcolm X was the target." Those arrests were a part of conspiracy between the NYPD and FBI to have Malcolm X killed, according to the letter. A skilled orator, Malcolm X encouraged Black people to fight against racism by any means necessary. Malcolm X's daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, said she has always had uncertainty in regards to her father's death.

The three daughters of Malcolm X joined civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump on Saturday to reveal what they say is evidence that proves the NYPD and the FBI conspired to have him assassinated. "At that time, I was not aware that Malcolm X was the target." Those arrests were a part of conspiracy between the NYPD and FBI to have Malcolm X killed, according to the letter. A skilled orator, Malcolm X encouraged Black people to fight against racism by any means necessary. Malcolm X's daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, said she has always had uncertainty in regards to her father's death.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. – A video posted on social media shows a school resource officer at Liberty High School in Osceola County throwing a female student to the ground, news outlet WKMG reported. The video, which has been viewed more than 70,000 times, shows the deputy slamming the student onto the concrete walkway. In the video, it shows the deputy taking the student to the ground and placing handcuffs on her. We know that the School Resource Officer was in the process of trying to stop the student from fighting another student in the hallway when the deputy took her into custody. The Sheriff’s Office did not release information on the student’s condition, the school resource officer who slammed the student, or the deputy who stood over them.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade County commissioners voted Tuesday to rename a portion of Northeast 16th Avenue as Trayvon Martin Avenue in honor of the 17-year-old who was fatally shot in February 2012, the office of Commissioner Audrey Edmonson confirmed to Local 10 News. The portion of Northeast 16th Avenue that will be renamed runs from Ives Dairy Road to Northeast 209th Street. Martin, who lived in Miami Gardens with his mother, was visiting his father in Sanford at the time of the shooting. Zimmerman has since filed a lawsuit in Polk County against Martin’s family, their attorneys, prosecutors and the state for damages in excess of $100 million. His family has since created the Trayvon Martin Foundation to bring awareness and to end senseless gun violence.

An autopsy report says Kizzee, a Black man shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies was wounded 16 times in the front and back but it doesn't shed any light on whether he was on the ground when he was shot. (AP Photo/Stefanie Dazio, File)LOS ANGELES – A Black man shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies was wounded 16 times in the front and back, according to an autopsy that doesn't shed any light on whether he was on the ground when he was shot. Kizzee was killed Aug. 31 in South Los Angeles after sheriff’s deputies tried to stop him for riding a bicycle in the wrong direction. Two deputies told investigators they fatally shot Kizzee after he picked up the handgun he had dropped during a struggle with one of them. The official autopsy found that Kizzee was wounded a total of 16 times.

Crump, calling Taylor’s death a form of “police terrorism,” predicted that the city would continue to be gripped in unrest in the months ahead. Taylor’s aunt Bianca Austin read a statement on behalf of Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, who was too emotional to speak. “I was reassured Wednesday of why I have no faith in the legal system,” the statement said. Some protesters also openly carried firearms, their legal right in this city tucked along the banks of the Ohio River. Michael Brown Sr., whose son Michael Brown was killed in 2014 in Ferguson, Mo., stood near Taylor’s mother.

Dijon Kizzee, 29, "posed no threat" to deputies when they fired 19 shots at him, attorney Crump said at the news conference. Kizzee shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies wasn't holding a gun when they opened fire, attorneys for his family said Tuesday, contradicting a claim that he had picked up a dropped weapon during a struggle. (AP Photo/Stefanie Dazio)LOS ANGELES – A Black man shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies wasn't holding a gun when they opened fire, attorneys for his family said Tuesday, contradicting a claim that he had picked up a dropped weapon during a struggle. Kizzee's family stood with Crump and the other attorneys, including his stepbrother and aunts. Crump called Kizzee's death part of racial injustice and police brutality that have been part of the U.S. for centuries.

(AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, file)LOS ANGELES A grainy video shows a Black man stopped while riding a bicycle struggling with a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy. The Sheriff's Department account said he punched a deputy in the face. A 41-second video obtained by the Los Angeles Times shows a police SUV stop in a street. The Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department did not provide statistics regarding bicycle stops and citations on Wednesday. The Los Angeles Police Departments figures do not break down vehicle stops by category.

LOS ANGELES A grainy video posted Wednesday shows the fatal shooting of a Black man by Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies after he was stopped on a bicycle for a traffic violation, but the video does not confirm the police allegation that he made a motion" for a gun. The video, obtained by the Los Angeles Times, shows the 29-year-old Kizzee scuffling with a deputy on a sidewalk. We stand with Dijons family in demanding justice and transparency into this despicable and tragic killing perpetrated by Los Angeles County officers," Crump said in a statement. The Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, the largest in the nation, does not have body cameras for deputies, though that soon will change. Sheriff Alex Villanueva offered his condolences to Kizzee's relatives on Tuesday, who he said includes a cousin who is a Sheriff's Department member.

Supporters of President Donald Trump and protesters hold banners as they wait for the motorcade of President Trump outside the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. The people of Portland, like all other cities & parts of our great Country, want Law & Order," Trump later tweeted. But Democrats accuse Trump of rooting for unrest and trying to stoke further violence for political gain instead of seeking to ratchet down tensions. Trump has cast the upcoming election as clash between law and order and anarchy, and he has denounced protesters as thugs while sharply defending police. And hes going to do everything to disrupt law and order in this time period."

KENOSHA, Wis. Protesters set cars on fire, smashed windows and clashed with officers in riot gear after Kenosha police shot and wounded a Black man, apparently in the back, while responding to a call about a domestic dispute. The three officers at the scene were placed on administrative leave, standard practice in a shooting by police, while the state Justice Department investigates. Seven shots can be heard, though it isnt clear how many struck Blake or how many of the officers fired. During the shooting, a Black woman can be seen screaming in the street and jumping up and down. That man just literally grabbed him by his shirt and looked the other way and was just shooting him.

KEY WEST, Fla. – A federal lawsuit alleging civil and disability rights violations has been filed on behalf of Bianca N. Digennaro, the mother of an 8-year-old special needs child who was arrested by police in Key West. Crump held a virtual news conference with Digennaro on Tuesday, saying the child suffered severe psychological injury as a result of the arrest at Gerald Adams Elementary School. “My son has a disability and the authorities tried to make him a criminal,” Digennaro said. Attorney’s say the way he was reprimanded was improper, based upon his disabilities, calling the arrest excessive force. Her son’s father was actually inside the school, with the bodycam video showing the moment the boy asks for his dad.

In late July, with local infection numbers rising, Bowser ordered that anyone traveling or returning to Washington from a virus hot spot must self-quarantine for 14 days. Bowser, when asked on July 30 about the potential conflict, said government officials had been in contact with march organizers and that Washington would not be relaxing its virus rules for participants. The NAACP, one of several partners in this year's commemoration, last week launched a website for a virtual March on Washington. The site will livestream the Washington march, in addition to other programming leading up to and after the event. The Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of more than 150 Black-led organizations that make up the broader Black Lives Matter movement, will hold its virtual Black National Convention later in the evening.

KEY WEST, Fla. The Key West Police Department is in hot water after a video surfaced of an arrest at an elementary school. Police body cam footage shows an officer trying to handcuff a crying 8-year-old boy reportedly with special needs who attends Gerald Adams Elementary School in Key West. @KWPOLICE used scared straight tactics on 8yo boy with special needs. In a statement to the Miami Herald, the Key West police chief said that his officers did not do anything wrong. The Monroe County School District will not comment on the case because of the possible legal action.

MIAMI Miami Police Chief Jorge Colina released a statement and two videos on Monday targeting Noura Fahmy, a Black Lives Matter protest organizer in Miami. Colina used a video on Twitter to send Fahmy a message: If you want to be arrested, we will accommodate you. She was walking with her signs & officers arrested her, Crump wrote on Twitter. They are standing in front of moving traffic for the purposes of being arrested, Colina said. Colina released police bodycam video showing Fahmy was a repeat offender.

MIAMI – Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump accused Miami police officers on Thursday of targeting Noura Fahmy for her work as a protest organizer. The video showing Noura Fahmy’s arrest on Wednesday contradicted the officer’s account in the arrest report. The video shows Fahmy was on the sidewalk walking along Biscayne Boulevard. “She was walking with her signs & officers arrested her,” Crump wrote on Twitter. Fahmy disputes the officer’s claim: Fahmy “did not move, at which time she was given a lawful command to move to the sidewalk in which she still willfully refused and continued to walk down the street.”

Calls for action against the officers have gotten louder during a national reckoning over racism and police brutality following George Floyd's death in Minneapolis. (Photo provided by Taylor family attorney Sam Aguiar via AP)FRANKFORT, Ky. Hundreds of people rallied at Kentucky's capitol on Thursday to urge action in the investigation of three officers in the fatal police shooting of a Black woman, Breonna Taylor, at her Louisville home. Taylor's family, hip hop artists and civil rights lawyers addressed a large crowd on the steps of the capitol to mark 100 days since Taylor was killed. Taylor was killed in the sanctity of her own home, said civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump, who is representing Taylor's family. Kenneth Walker, Taylor's boyfriend, also appeared at the rally.

WASHINGTON Top Democratic leaders in the Senate say the Republican policing bill is not salvageable, as they signal an intent to block it and demand negotiations on a new, more bipartisan package in response to the killing of Black Americans. That's according to a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell from the Democrats obtained by The Associated Press. This bill is not salvageable and we need bipartisan talks to get to a constructive starting point, write Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and the co-authors of the party's bill, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. The Republican legislation would create a national database of police use-of-force incidents, restrict police chokeholds and set up new training procedures. Congress is under enormous pressure to establish new oversight and accountability of the police as demonstrations spill into cities large and small nationwide.

5/31: Melvin Carter, Benjamin Crump, Keisha Bottoms, Wesley Lowery, Scott Gottlieb This week on "Face the Nation", pain and anger following the death of George Floyd explodes into violence across a bitter and divided nation already reeling from the impact of the coronavirus.

Protests continued following the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. The rare step came as the violence spread to other cities: A man shot dead in Detroit, police cars battered in Atlanta and skirmishes with police in New York City. Minneapolis police said shots had been fired at law enforcement officers during the protests but no one was injured. Chauvin eventually pulled Floyd out of the car, and the handcuffed Floyd went to the ground face down. The doctor who will do the autopsy is Michael Baden, former chief medical examiner of New York City.

Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)WASHINGTON I cant breathe.Eric Garner uttered those words six years ago, locked in a police chokehold. It became a rallying cry after his death for demonstrators across the country who protested the killings of African Americans by police. Floyd's death came after Ahmaud Arbery was shot to death in Georgia by a former district attorney investigator and his son, who were not arrested until after video emerged months later. Davis has gone to some protests, but came this morning with his two adolescent children to show them what was happening.

William Roddie Bryan Jr., 50, was arrested Thursday on charges of felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment. Bryan's neighbors, Gregory and Travis McMichael, were arrested on felony murder and aggravated assault charges after the video spread on social media, more than two months after the slaying. Along with the investigation into Arberys killing, Reynolds said he expects the GBI's investigation into the handling of the case by two local prosecutors to be completed soon and turned over to the attorney generals office. Gregory McMichael told police he suspected Arbery was a burglar and that Arbery attacked his son before being shot. Gough declined to discuss Bryan's actions the day of the shooting but said authorities overreached in charging him with felony murder.

This Thursday, May 7, 2020, file photo combo of images provided by the Glynn County Detention Center in Georgia shows Gregory McMichael, left, and his son Travis McMichael. Attorneys for Arberys parents said Tuesday that the body camera video from 2017 shows Arbery being harassed by the same police department that declined to arrest his killers. S. Lee Merritt, an attorney for Arbery's mother, said Tuesday that the video showed Arbery being harassed by police. We dont see cars sitting out here that often.The officers let Arbery go about eight minutes after the encounter began. The video shows Arbery being ordered to lie face-down while being handcuffed.

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Questions abound nearly ten months after the untimely death of 16-year-old Damain Jordan Martin, who drowned in a shallow canal in Broward County while trying to escape Sunrise police last March. Martin's mother, Tequila Waters, and members of the Broward chapter of Black Lives Matter are expected to attend. Martin was one of four teens who fled from a stolen vehicle after being stopped by Sunrise police last March. The ensuing foot chase led Martin to a canal more than a half-mile away. Sunrise officials were quick to rule Martin's death an accidental drowning, but that account didn't sit well with his family, who knew Damain to be a strong swimmer.

Update, 1 p.m.: Crump has filed an intent to sue Broward County and the Sunrise Police Department over Damain Martin's death. Questions abound nearly ten months after the untimely death of 16-year-old Damain Jordan Martin, who drowned in a shallow canal in Broward County while trying to escape Sunrise police last March. Martin's mother, Tequila Waters, and members of the Broward chapter of Black Lives Matter are expected to attend. Martin was one of four teens who fled from a stolen vehicle after being stopped by Sunrise police last March. Sunrise officials were quick to rule Martin's death an accidental drowning, but that account didn't sit well with his family, who knew Damain to be a strong swimmer.

George Zimmerman, the Florida man acquitted in the 2012 death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, is suing Martin's family, prosecutors and others involved in the case for $100 million. They allege that the prosecution's key witness, Rachel Jeantel, was an "imposter and fake witness" and that Benjamin Crump, the Martin family's attorney, defamed Zimmerman in the process. They also allege that Jeantel lied repeatedly in court, while Martin's supposed "real girlfriend," Brittany Diamond Eugene, "refused to bear false witness" against Zimmerman. The suit alleges that Martin's parents, attorney and several others involved in the case knew about the "imposter witness." Trayvon Martin's mother: "I chose to live"The lead defendant in the suit, Martin's mother Sybrina Fulton, has become a national advocate against gun violence in the wake of her son's death.

TAMARAC, Fla. - Two videos that show excessive force by Broward Sheriff's Office deputies against two different children are examples of racial bias in Broward County and the state attorney's office, attorney says. Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump held a news conference Thursday at the Broward County Public Defender's Office in Fort Lauderdale, demanding fair treatment and justice for his client, Delucca Rolle. "America needs to know the racism and discrimination that is happening right here in Broward County," Crump said. All the charges filed against BSO deputies are misdemeanors. The three BSO deputies are white.

"I try to frame a message that, as a minister, gives some comfort and meaning to the family," Sharpton said. Before Sharpton spoke at the funeral of Stephon Clark in Sacramento, California, last year, he called Clark's brother, Stevante, on stage. As the emotional young man bounded to the front of the church, Sharpton began the call-and-response protest chant: "I am!" "You don't tell people in pain how to handle their pain," Sharpton told the crowd, Stevante Clark's arm draped around him. "You don't tell people when you kill their loved one how to grieve."

Jefferson's shooting Saturday in her home is the latest high-profile one in the era of the Black Lives Matter movement, which the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, helped fuel in 2014. The events that followed her shooting have unfolded in ways that are both typical and unique, leaving her family and activists to balance hope with caution. The officer who shot her, Aaron Dean, was taken into custody two days after the killing. Jefferson's family had been calling for an arrest. The officer, Amber Guyger, was fired soon after the shooting and charged with murder.

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger poses for a booking photo at Dallas County Jail in Dallas, Texas, U.S. October 2, 2019. Dallas County Jail/Handout via REUTERSThe same jury took less than six hours on Tuesday to find Guyger, who is white, guilty in the 2018 killing of Botham Jean, a 26-year-old black PwC accountant. Lawyers for the victims family said they believed the verdict was the first time a white female police officer had been found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of an unarmed black man. Im speaking for myself, not my family, but I love you just like anyone else, Brandt Jean told Guyger. I have to live with this every single day, Guyger told the jury of eight women and four men.

His death sparked street protests last year, particularly when prosecutors initially opted to bring the lesser charge of manslaughter against Guyger, 31. The sentence was less than the 28 years prosecutors had sought. Guyger glanced quickly at her family but betrayed no emotion as she was led out of the courtroom. Jeans slaying by a white police officer had provoked street protests, particularly after prosecutors initially opted to charge Guyger with manslaughter rather than murder. I have to live with this every single day, Guyger told the jury of eight women and four men.

CNN imageGALVESTON, Texas - Two mounted officers seen leading a handcuffed black man by what appeared to be a rope will not face a criminal investigation, authorities say. City officials in Galveston requested a third-party investigation into the arrest of Donald Neely, 43, after images circulated of him being led through town by two Galveston Police Department officers. "The Rangers subsequently conferred with the Galveston Co. District Attorney's Office, which determined that there was nothing that warranted a criminal investigation," said a statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety. The decision to not open a criminal investigation did not surprise her, she said. "We're going to stay here and stand with Donald Neely and his family."

Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump has requested the release of body camera footage recorded by two mounted Galveston police officers who led a handcuffed black man down the city's streets. GALVESTON, Texas - Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump has requested the release of body camera footage recorded by two mounted Galveston police officers who led a handcuffed black man down the city's streets. The police department has 30 days to comply, or face a civil rights march through the city, Crump said at a press conference Monday. "Until you release that video from that body cam, we are not going anywhere," Crump said. CNN has reached out to the Galveston Police Department for comment.

Police in Galveston, Texas apologize after photos surface of man in handcuffs being led using a 'line,' tied to mounted officer. GALVESTON, Texas - The Galveston Police Department chief has already apologized for the way that two mounted officers escorted a handcuffed African-American man over the weekend. But the leaders of two police unions came to the arresting officers' defense on Thursday, saying they did nothing wrong. In a statement, Galveston Police Chief Vernon L. Hale III apologized to Neely and said his officers "showed poor judgement in this instance." Bell had previously posted on social media that it was hard for her to understand "why these officers felt this young man required a leash, as he was handcuffed and walking between two mounted officers."

Police in Galveston, Texas apologize after photos surface of man in handcuffs being led using a 'line,' tied to mounted officer. GALVESTON, Texas - A Texas police department is apologizing for its treatment of an African-American man that the police chief said caused the man "unnecessary embarrassment." Photos show two mounted officers from the Galveston Police Department escorting a handcuffed man. One officer is leading the man, identified as 43-year-old Donald Neely, with what appears to be a rope. Bell had previously posted on social media that it was hard for her to understand "why these officers felt this young man required a leash, as he was handcuffed and walking between two mounted officers."

Ings is not afraid to stand up and do what is right for the people Amy CrumpORLANDO, FLA. Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin Crump boldly announced that he stands with Commissioner Samuel B. Ings for the next Mayor of Orlando. Sam Ings is a leader who is not scared to stand up and do what he knows is right for the people, says Attorney Crump, whose firm Ben Crump Law is famous for fighting cases of discrimination and injustice. His type of leadership is what the people need now more than ever in Orlando and in this country, he said. Attorney Crump came to national prominence because of cases like Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, but he has been a justice fighter for years, he said. Ings served 30 years on the Orlando Police Department and retired as a Commander.

He was also charged with one count of falsifying records and one count of conspiracy to falsify records, prosecutors said. Krickovich is also charged with two counts of falsifying records and one count of conspiracy to falsify records. Deputy Ralph Mackey, 49, is charged with one count of falsifying records and one count of conspiracy to falsify records. Prosecutors said the battery and falsifying records charges are first-degree misdemeanors, which carry maximum punishments of up to a year in jail. Clintina Rolle, mother of Delucca Rolle, thanked the state attorney for what she feels is the right decision.

Benjamin Crump: "We can't have the DOJ sanitizing" shootings Brown and Rice family attorney Benjamin Crump discusses the Justice Department's latest report on Ferguson.

Open: This is Face the Nation, November 30 The latest on the reaction to protests in Ferguson, Missouri and a look at the incoming Congress with Benjamin Crump, Dr. James Peterson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Senators-elect Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, and Gary Peters, D-Michigan, Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich, and others.

November 30: Crump, Peterson, and Cupich The latest on the reaction to protests in Ferguson, Missouri and a look at the incoming Congress with Benjamin Crump, Dr. James Peterson, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Senators-elect Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, and Gary Peters, D-Michigan, Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich, and others.