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William McNeil Jr., center, looks on during a news conference Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Brutal arrest of Black student in Florida shows benefits of recording police from new vantage point

By Jeff Martin - Associated Press

Chantimekki Fortson, mother of Roger Fortson, a U.S. Navy airman, holds a photo of her son during a news conference with Attorney Ben Crump, Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Fortson was shot and killed by police in his apartment on May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Body camera video shows fatal shooting of Black airman by Florida deputy in apartment doorway

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Chantimekki Fortson, mother of Roger Fortson, a U.S. Navy airman, holds a photo of her son during a news conference regarding his death, along with family and Attorney Ben Crump, Thursday, May 9, 2024, in Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. Fortson was shot and killed by police in his apartment on May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Video shows Florida deputy announced himself prior to fatal shooting of Black airman

By Stephen Smith and Mike Schneider - Associated Press

Standing with former Northwestern athletes, attorney Ben Crump speaks during a press conference addressing widespread hazing accusations at Northwestern University Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Chicago. Crump was set Monday, July 24, 2023, to announce another lawsuit against Northwestern University over hazing allegations in its athletic programs, with the latest suit touted as containing “damning new details” of sexual hazing and abuse in its football program. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

First lawsuit filed on behalf of female Northwestern University athlete as hazing scandal widens

By Andrew Seligman and Mike Householder and Larry Lage - Associated Press

Ilyasah Shabazz, a daughter of Malcolm X, speaks during a news conference at the Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center in New York, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. Some of Malcom X's family members and their attorneys announced their intent to sue governmental agencies for Malcom X's assassination and the fraudulent concealment of evidence surrounding the murder. In 1965, the minister and civil rights activist was shot to death inside Harlem's Audubon Ballroom in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Malcolm X’s daughter to sue CIA, FBI for wrongful death

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Attorney Ben Crump reacts after former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter was sentenced to two years in prison, Friday, Feb. 18, 2022 in Minneapolis. Potter was convicted in December of both first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 killing of Wright, a 20-year-old Black motorist. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri )

Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump speeds to represent Black victims in police shootings

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, March 29, 2021 file photo, from left, Terrence Floyd, brother of George Floyd; attorney Ben Crump and Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, hold a news conference at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minn., on the first day of the Derek Chauvin murder trial. (Jerry Holt/Star Tribune via AP)

‘Black America’s attorney general’ seems to be everywhere

By AARON MORRISON and JOHN SEEWER - Associated Press

Crump calls for probe into Florida sheriff’s office

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Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., questions Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Kamala Harris support for Jacob Blake calls #MeToo credibility into question

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Absent details, police shooting narratives seek to distract

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

Tamika Palmer, far left, the mother of Breonna Taylor, and other family members meet with Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. Taylor was fatally shot by Louisville police on March 13, and protesters have called for Cameron to charge the officers involved. Cameron has called for patience while the investigation is ongoing. (Christopher 2X via AP)

Breonna Taylor’s mother: I’m trying to be patient

By DYLAN LOVAN - Associated Press

Lawyer: Widow of man shot by police adamant he wasn’t armed

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FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, provided by Harding University in Searcy, Ark., Botham Jean leads worship at a university presidential reception in Dallas. Fired Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger, who shot and killed Botham Jean, an unarmed 26-year-old neighbor in his own apartment last year, was found guilty of murder by a jury on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. She told police she thought his apartment was her own and that he was an intruder.(Jeff Montgomery/Harding University via AP, File)

Dallas shooting victim was a ‘big personality, nice person’

By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Turner family shows Pamela Turner, right, with her daughter Chelsie Rubin in Baytown, Texas. A Houston-area police officer knew his neighbor suffered from mental illness and should have offered assistance when that was apparent, but instead he fatally shot the 44-year-old woman, a lawyer for the victim's family said Thursday, May 16, 2019. A police spokesman did not immediately respond to questions Thursday, but previously has said the officer tried to arrest Turner because he knew there were outstanding warrants against her. (Courtesy of the Turner Family via AP)

Lawyer: Police shot Texas woman in stomach, chest and face.

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Ahsaki Chachere arranges flowers Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at the memorial for Pamela Turner, who was killed Monday night during a confrontation with a Baytown Police officer at The Brixton Apartments complex in Baytown, Texas. (Godofredo A Vasquez/Houston Chronicle via AP)/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Lawyer: Cop who killed Texas woman knew she was mentally ill

By JOHN L. MONE and JAKE BLEIBERG - Associated Press

The parents of shooting victim Emantic &quot;EJ&quot; Bradford Jr., Emantic Bradford Sr. and April Pipkins, flank attorney Ben Crump during a community event in Birmingham, Ala., on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. Police in suburban Hoover shot and killed their son in a shopping mall on Thanksgiving night, and the parents say they've yet to receive official confirmation by the city of what happened. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)

The Latest: Alabama man’s family ‘devastated’ by autopsy

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