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
and other Black people died at the hands of white police officers or self-appointed vigilantes, there was Martin Lee Anderson.
“Ben has always been a fighter for justice ... to shine a light on things that are not right," said Leon Russell, chair of the NAACP National Board of Directors. Crump pushed for Zimmerman's arrest and joined with many prominent civil rights leaders to stage demonstrations calling for charges. “I try as sincerely as possible to give a voice to those who have no voice,” Crump said. “If I can see further, it's because I am standing on the shoulders of giants.”
Crump, who is seen almost everywhere a civil rights case emerges, still lives in Tallahassee with his wife Genae, who is assistant principal at a Leon County public school for at-risk kids, and their daughter, Brooklyn. He has won financial settlements in about 200 police brutality cases, including a $27 million settlement for George Floyd's family in the infamous Minneapolis case.
“Now we do have people at the state and national level to hold people accountable. We will have justice,” Jackson said.
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