Tyre Nichols family has hired civil rights lawyer Ben Crump to defend them, know about his wife and net worth
Benjamin Crump blamed the “police mentality in America” for the death of 29-year-old Nichols in Memphis.
Before the bodycam film was made public, Crump gave a statement in which he called for widespread reform among police officers of all races.
Crump claimed that “We don’t hear about these things with our White brothers and sisters. And that’s where we got to continue to speak to this police culture in America.”
Who is lawyer Ben Crump fighting Tyre Nichols case against Memphis Police, his wife, net worth 2023 and cases
Civil rights lawyer (and my law school classmate) Ben Crump held a rally at the FL State Capitol, where he announced that if Desantis’s regime doesn’t allow approval of AP African-American History, he will file a lawsuit. pic.twitter.com/GLDam6TUok
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) January 27, 2023
Second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct, and official oppression have all been filed against the five police officers engaged in the incident that led to Nichols’ death. Nichols’s family has complimented the Memphis police department’s swift response to the incident, although Crump has indicated that this may be due to the fact that the responding policemen were Black rather than White, as in previous high-profile cases such as George Floyd, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, and others.
As he put it, “We have never seen swift justice like this. Justice didn’t move swiftly for them when they were killed by White officers.”
Who is Ben Crump? Lawyer who will fight for Tyre Nichols’ justice!
52-year-old Benjamin Lloyd Crump is an attorney who practises civil rights and personal injury law and graduated from Florida State University. More than ten of his associate attorneys serve the clients of his Florida law practise, Ben Crump Law, which he founded and leads.
Crump received both his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice (1992) and his law degree (1995) from Florida State University. Nearly twenty-five of those years were spent practising law.
Social justice advocate and attorney Benjamin “Ben” Lloyd Crump is happily married to Dr. Genae Angelique Crump. She is a Florida native and a law graduate and has one child with him. Ben’s net worth is at $5 million.
Born: Benjamin Lloyd Crump
Birthdate: October 10, 1969
Birthplace: Lumberton, North Carolina, U.S.
Education: Florida State University (BS, JD)
Spouse: Dr. Genae Angelique Crump
Children: One daughter, Brooklyn Zeta Crump. The Crumps are also guardians to two adopted cousins, Marcus and Chancellor Crump.
Ben Crump had catered to high profile cases in the past
Crump’s resume includes high- and low-profile cases, such as the one involving the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin. In response to George Zimmerman’s acquittal in Martin’s death, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi founded the Black Lives Matter movement.
The words of Tyre Nichols mom are heartbreaking, but so important. She is why we fight for #JusticeforTyreNichols! ✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/h0lzrX0hKy
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) January 27, 2023
Since then, the Brown family has asked Crump to represent them. Because to the similarities between Michael Brown’s and Trayvon Martin’s deaths. In 2014, Brown was shot and murdered by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Wilson did not face prosecution from St. Louis’ prosecutor Wesley Bell because his actions were justified self-defense.
Ben Crump represented George Floyd
As of the year 2020, Crump was actively representing George Floyd’s, Jacob Blake’s, Ahmaud Arbery’s, and Breonna Taylor’s families in court. There was widespread outrage and protests after police brutality against black communities gained widespread attention.
Crump has won almost two hundred cases against the police for excessive force. And his firm has gotten one-third of every payout. He says that for every case he takes on, he turns down a dozen others. Picking only those that will “shock the conscience” of the American people.
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