By Aaron Morrison and John Seewer, Associated Press
Published May 3, 2021
The Rev. Al Sharpton listens during an interview at his office, Thursday, July 30, 2020, (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Ben Crump, the Rev. Al Sharpton says, is “Black America’s attorney general.”
In less than a decade, the Florida-based attorney has become the voice for the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd Black people whose deaths at the hands of police and vigilantes sparked a movement.
He has won multimillion-dollar settlements in police brutality cases. He’s pushed cities to ban no-knock warrants. He has told a Congressional committee that reform is needed because “it’s become painfully obvious we have two systems of justice; one for white Americans and one for Black Americans.”
Ben Crump, the Rev.
In less than a decade, the
Tallahassee-based attorney has become the voice for the families of
Trayvon Martin,
Breonna Taylor,
and George Floyd â Black people whose deaths at the hands of police and vigilantes sparked a movement.
He has won multimillion-dollar settlements in police brutality cases. Heâs pushed cities to ban no-knock warrants. He has told a congressional committee that reform is needed because âitâs become painfully obvious we have two systems of justice; one for white Americans and one for Black Americans.â
And heâs stood with Black farmers taking on an agribusiness giant, and families exposed to lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan.