Posted on 05/02/2021 7:39:25 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Florida-based attorney Benjamin Crump has a pattern of making inflammatory and false statements about deaths that were later protested by the Black Lives Matter movement.
Crump has represented Jacob Blake and the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Breonna Taylor. Here are some examples of false or unfounded claims the lawyer has spread.
Trayvon Martin
Crump first rose to prominence when he represented the family of Trayvon Martin, who was killed in 2012 by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Zimmerman was acquitted of murder charges in Martin’s death in 2013 after defense attorneys argued that Zimmerman acted in self-defense. Crump asserted on CNN that “there was something that night [the Sanford Police Department and Zimmerman] conspired to cover up” after surveillance video showed Zimmerman entering a Sanford police station with a gash on the back of his head.
Michael Brown
Brown was fatally shot in 2014 after attacking Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson.
“Although some witnesses state that Brown held his hands up at shoulder level with his palms facing outward for a brief moment, these same witnesses describe Brown then dropping his hands and ‘charging’ at Wilson,” a report issued by the Justice Department in 2015 revealed, dispelling the myth that Brown was shot as he said “hands up, don’t shoot.”
Nevertheless, Crump remained one of the leading propagators of the myth that Brown was shot as he surrendered to Wilson.
A wrongful death lawsuit filed by Crump on behalf of the Brown family claimed that Brown “turned around and raised his hands in a non-threatening manner. Upon information and belief, MBJ conveyed the following statement to Defendant Wilson: ‘Don’t shoot. I don’t have a gun. I’m unarmed,” according to Time Magazine...
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He is in Elizabeth City now as the family attorney for Andrew Brown who was killed 12 days ago during the arrest of the perp and search warrant. He has already injected the word, “executed” regarding Brown’s shooting. He tried to rile everyone up, but so far the crowd is not responding very well to him.
It’s made him very wealthy an famos, err..., rather, infamous.
The Conservative Treehouse has the truth on this hustler.
lucrative...race baiting is lucrative...
Why hasn’t there been any effort to disbar him on the grounds of unethical behavior, false claims, incitement, etc?
Check out Joel Gilbert’s “The Trayvon Hoax” for some interesting details.
[[Benjamin Crump has a pattern of making inflammatory and false statements ]]
What a legacy- He’ll be forever known as a liar and race-baiter-
Someone needs to ask him why he got Jeantel or whatever her name is as a false witness for Brittney Eugene Diamond. The phone records proved Crump tampered with witnesses and messed the case up royally.
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