BENJAMIN CRUMP

Some lawmakers are expected to bring family members of victims of police violence to President Biden's State of the Union address.

In the anxious hours before the Memphis Police Department released body camera footage showing the role five officers played in the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, a palpable sense of dread over what the footage would reveal gripped many Americans.

In the anxious hours before the Memphis Police Department released body camera footage showing the role five officers played in the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, a palpable sense of dread over what the footage would reveal gripped many Americans.

29-year-old FedEx employee from Memphis was beaten by police officers during an attempted traffic stop in Memphis. He died three days later in the hospital.

Lacks, whose cells contributed to several major medical breakthroughs, will be honored with a monument in her hometown.

Breonna Taylor's boyfriend has settled two lawsuits against the city of Louisville.

A Houston attorney is helping to bring charges against a major cosmetic company after their client stated a serious, negative health diagnosis caused by their products.

The family of a Baytown woman who was reportedly killed by police in 2019 joined civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump as the trial for the accused officer continues.

The ripple effect of the U.S. Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade is being felt in Louisiana, where a woman says she was not able to terminate her pregnancy after being told that her fetus would likely die due to a birth defect.

"Civil" puts the life of attorney and civil rights leader Benjamin Crump on full display, showing a side of him that cameras rarely capture.

"Civil" puts the life of attorney and civil rights leader Benjamin Crump on full display, showing a side of him that cameras rarely capture.

"Civil" puts the life of attorney and civil rights leader Benjamin Crump on full display, showing a side of him that cameras rarely capture.

Nationally-renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump held a news conference Thursday with the family of Jalen Randle to discuss what they are calling the disturbing and violent record of Houston Police Officer Shane Privette, who shot and killed the Black man on April 27.

The family alleges the ride's owner, manufacturer and landlord were negligent and failed to provide a safe amusement ride.

The family alleges the ride's owner, manufacturer and landlord were negligent and failed to provide a safe amusement ride.

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.

Trayvon Martin was visiting his father in Sanford, Florida, when the 17-year-old Black teen was fatally shot Feb. 26, 2012, during a confrontation with George Zimmerman.

A New Jersey teen involved in a mall fight says police were wrong to treat him differently than the other youth involved in the altercation, who is Black. Video posted online last week shows an officer tackling and handcuffing the Black 14-year-old at the Bridgewater Commons Mall. The incident has prompted an internal affairs investigation and calls for disciplining the officers.

Several families whose loved ones died or were injured while trying to escape a smoked-filled Bronx apartment building are suing the owners.

The family of a mentally ill Black man who died after South Carolina jail employees repeatedly stunned him and then kneeled on his back until he stopped breathing is still seeking criminal charges one year later.

Family, friends, civil rights activists and community members memorialized a 14-year-old girl shot and killed in a clothing store dressing room when Los Angeles police fired at a suspect and a bullet pierced a wall.

The three white men sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery will soon face standing trial a second time.

"It is like my whole heart has been ripped out of my body," the teen's father said. "The pain of opening the Christmas presents for her cannot be articulated."

Family members says they're happy about the guilty verdict for the former police officer, who fatally shot Wright in April. But they say it's not true justice.

A South Florida law school says it is creating a social justice center named after Ben Crump, the Black civil rights attorney who has gained national prominence representing victims of police brutality and vigilante violence.

Here are things to know for Monday, Nov. 15:

Personal injury attorneys Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law PLLC and Alex Hilliard of Hilliard Martinez Gonzales, LLP held a news conference Friday morning announcing the filing of nearly 100 lawsuits for Astroworld Festival victims.

The civil rights attorney is representing Ahmaud Arbery's father, as well as the family of the 9-year-old injured at the Astroworld Festival.

The civil rights attorney is representing Ahmaud Arbery's father, as well as the family of the 9-year-old injured at the Astroworld Festival.

Lawmakers for months have been trying to reach agreement over police reforms.

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Photos: Jesse BrittainIn June, at 3 a.m. on a dark stretch of a highway in rural Arkansas, 17-year-old Hunter Brittain was shot and killed by a sergeant from the Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office.The white teen’s death prompted protests in a region of the state not known for speaking out against police violence. It also attracted the attention of Black civil rights leaders like attorney Benjamin Crump, who is representing Brittain’s family, and has stood alongs

In the nation’s capital on Saturday, multiracial coalitions of civil, human and labor rights leaders are convening rallies and marches to urge passage of federal voter protections that have been eroded since the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The suit, filed in New Jersey's superior court, alleges Johnson & Johnson targeted Black women who "were more likely to use the Powder Products."

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyIt was 3 a.m. on a dark stretch of rural highway, and 17-year-old Hunter Brittain and his cousin were test-driving the pickup truck they’d been tinkering with at a local repair shop all night. Brittain, a white teen from the tiny city of McRae, Arkansas, who dreamed of being a Nascar driver, worked all year to buy the old white GMC truck. But the transmission was a persistent problem.The late-night spin was meant to see if his efforts

When families lose a loved one in a police shooting, more often than not Ben Crump gets a call. Why is he the go-to man?

Civil rights leaders Ben Crump and others joined Hopkinton teen Mikayla Miller's mother to dispute medical examiner's ruling that she killed herself.

The civil rights lawyer who has sought justice for victims of police brutality and civil rights abuses talks about his pursuit of justice against what he calls "legalized genocide," and his battle against the "enemies of equality."

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Preview: The defending counsel for victims of police brutality and civil rights abuses tells "CBS Sunday Morning" about his purpose, and why the future of children "is worth dying for."

Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, was shot dead by sheriff's deputies as they arrived to carry out out search and arrest warrants earlier this month. The Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver his eulogy.

The relatives of several Black Americans who died in police-involved incidents met with Capitol Hill lawmakers and Biden administration offiicials alike on Thursday.

Days after Chauvin verdict, relatives of George Floyd attend Daunte Wright funeral in Minneapolis.

The landmark case has riveted a nation wrestling with the issues of police brutality and racial injustice it raised.

It's a club no one wants to join. These Black families have lost loved ones to police brutality. The Chauvin trial could bring justice.

Kim Potter, 48, is charged with second-degree manslaughter, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years behind bars.

LaTonya Floyd remembered her last conversation with her brother, one week before his death. They talked as siblings do and sang the song she taught him years ago.

FILE - In this Monday, May 6, 2019, file photo, Nicki Minaj attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York. Minajs mother has filed a $150 million lawsuit against the man who is accused of killing the rapper's father in a hit-and-run crash in February 2021. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)MINEOLA, N.Y. – Rapper Nicki Minaj’s mother, Carol Maraj, has filed a $150 million lawsuit against the man who is accused of killing Minaj’s father in a hit-and-run crash last month, an attorney for Maraj said. Ad“He was not only irresponsible and negligent, but more concerned about running away and hiding than seeking help,” Benjamin Crump, one of the attorneys representing Carol Maraj, said in an Instagram post Friday. Nicki Minaj, who was born Onika Tanya Maraj, has not made any public statement on her father's death.

A 1-year-old Houston boy remains in the pediatric intensive care unit and is fighting for his life, his mother said, nearly two weeks after a Houston police officer shot him in the head while firing at a man suspected of robbery. The 19-year-old mother said the man told her to get out, but that she wouldn't because her baby was in the backseat. He also said he and Assistant Chief Troy Finner went to the hospital to check on Smalls and her baby. Crump criticized the officer for shooting while both Smalls and her baby were in the line of fire. Subscribe to Today in Houston Fill out the form below to subscribe our new daily editorial newsletter from the HPM Newsroom.

Walker was the boyfriend of Breonna Taylor who was killed by officers of the Louisville Metro Police Department following the execution of a no knock warrant on her apartment on March 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A judge in Kentucky has signed an order permanently closing a criminal case against Breonna Taylor’s boyfriend, who shot a police officer during the deadly raid that killed Taylor. Prosecutors dismissed an attempted murder of a police officer charge against Kenneth L. Walker in May, about two months after Taylor's death. Taylor was fatally shot by police who burst through her door with a narcotics warrant on March 13, 2020. Two other officers who fired shots at Taylor’s apartment have been dismissed from the department.

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), joined by civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, elected officials and other Floyd family attorneys, and members of the George Floyd family, will hold a press conference Saturday afternoon to discuss the landmark George Floyd Justice In Policing Act (H.R. KPRC 2 will stream the briefing live.

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The three daughters of Malcolm X joined civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump on Saturday to reveal what they say is evidence that proves the NYPD and the FBI conspired to have him assassinated. "At that time, I was not aware that Malcolm X was the target." Those arrests were a part of conspiracy between the NYPD and FBI to have Malcolm X killed, according to the letter. A skilled orator, Malcolm X encouraged Black people to fight against racism by any means necessary. Malcolm X's daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, said she has always had uncertainty in regards to her father's death.

The three daughters of Malcolm X joined civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump on Saturday to reveal what they say is evidence that proves the NYPD and the FBI conspired to have him assassinated. "At that time, I was not aware that Malcolm X was the target." Those arrests were a part of conspiracy between the NYPD and FBI to have Malcolm X killed, according to the letter. A skilled orator, Malcolm X encouraged Black people to fight against racism by any means necessary. Malcolm X's daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, said she has always had uncertainty in regards to her father's death.

An autopsy report says Kizzee, a Black man shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies was wounded 16 times in the front and back but it doesn't shed any light on whether he was on the ground when he was shot. (AP Photo/Stefanie Dazio, File)LOS ANGELES – A Black man shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies was wounded 16 times in the front and back, according to an autopsy that doesn't shed any light on whether he was on the ground when he was shot. Kizzee was killed Aug. 31 in South Los Angeles after sheriff’s deputies tried to stop him for riding a bicycle in the wrong direction. Two deputies told investigators they fatally shot Kizzee after he picked up the handgun he had dropped during a struggle with one of them. The official autopsy found that Kizzee was wounded a total of 16 times.

Crump, calling Taylor’s death a form of “police terrorism,” predicted that the city would continue to be gripped in unrest in the months ahead. Taylor’s aunt Bianca Austin read a statement on behalf of Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, who was too emotional to speak. “I was reassured Wednesday of why I have no faith in the legal system,” the statement said. Some protesters also openly carried firearms, their legal right in this city tucked along the banks of the Ohio River. Michael Brown Sr., whose son Michael Brown was killed in 2014 in Ferguson, Mo., stood near Taylor’s mother.

Dijon Kizzee, 29, "posed no threat" to deputies when they fired 19 shots at him, attorney Crump said at the news conference. Kizzee shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies wasn't holding a gun when they opened fire, attorneys for his family said Tuesday, contradicting a claim that he had picked up a dropped weapon during a struggle. (AP Photo/Stefanie Dazio)LOS ANGELES – A Black man shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies wasn't holding a gun when they opened fire, attorneys for his family said Tuesday, contradicting a claim that he had picked up a dropped weapon during a struggle. Kizzee's family stood with Crump and the other attorneys, including his stepbrother and aunts. Crump called Kizzee's death part of racial injustice and police brutality that have been part of the U.S. for centuries.

(AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, file)LOS ANGELES A grainy video shows a Black man stopped while riding a bicycle struggling with a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy. The Sheriff's Department account said he punched a deputy in the face. A 41-second video obtained by the Los Angeles Times shows a police SUV stop in a street. The Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department did not provide statistics regarding bicycle stops and citations on Wednesday. The Los Angeles Police Departments figures do not break down vehicle stops by category.

LOS ANGELES A grainy video posted Wednesday shows the fatal shooting of a Black man by Los Angeles County sheriffs deputies after he was stopped on a bicycle for a traffic violation, but the video does not confirm the police allegation that he made a motion" for a gun. The video, obtained by the Los Angeles Times, shows the 29-year-old Kizzee scuffling with a deputy on a sidewalk. We stand with Dijons family in demanding justice and transparency into this despicable and tragic killing perpetrated by Los Angeles County officers," Crump said in a statement. The Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, the largest in the nation, does not have body cameras for deputies, though that soon will change. Sheriff Alex Villanueva offered his condolences to Kizzee's relatives on Tuesday, who he said includes a cousin who is a Sheriff's Department member.

Supporters of President Donald Trump and protesters hold banners as they wait for the motorcade of President Trump outside the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020. The people of Portland, like all other cities & parts of our great Country, want Law & Order," Trump later tweeted. But Democrats accuse Trump of rooting for unrest and trying to stoke further violence for political gain instead of seeking to ratchet down tensions. Trump has cast the upcoming election as clash between law and order and anarchy, and he has denounced protesters as thugs while sharply defending police. And hes going to do everything to disrupt law and order in this time period."

KENOSHA, Wis. Protesters set cars on fire, smashed windows and clashed with officers in riot gear after Kenosha police shot and wounded a Black man, apparently in the back, while responding to a call about a domestic dispute. The three officers at the scene were placed on administrative leave, standard practice in a shooting by police, while the state Justice Department investigates. Seven shots can be heard, though it isnt clear how many struck Blake or how many of the officers fired. During the shooting, a Black woman can be seen screaming in the street and jumping up and down. That man just literally grabbed him by his shirt and looked the other way and was just shooting him.

In late July, with local infection numbers rising, Bowser ordered that anyone traveling or returning to Washington from a virus hot spot must self-quarantine for 14 days. Bowser, when asked on July 30 about the potential conflict, said government officials had been in contact with march organizers and that Washington would not be relaxing its virus rules for participants. The NAACP, one of several partners in this year's commemoration, last week launched a website for a virtual March on Washington. The site will livestream the Washington march, in addition to other programming leading up to and after the event. The Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of more than 150 Black-led organizations that make up the broader Black Lives Matter movement, will hold its virtual Black National Convention later in the evening.

"Not even two months after George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, there was a knee on the neck of a man in front of a hospital. The videotaped incident occurred nearly seven weeks after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into the neck of Floyd, a Black man, for nearly eight minutes. An officer had his elbow on the mans neck before switching to a knee to hold him down while other officers restrained his arms. Shortly after, the other officer put his knee on the man's head and neck. An earlier police statement said the man had begun to yell and spit at officers and hospital staff, adding the man was noncompliant which required officers to restrain him.

Calls for action against the officers have gotten louder during a national reckoning over racism and police brutality following George Floyd's death in Minneapolis. (Photo provided by Taylor family attorney Sam Aguiar via AP)FRANKFORT, Ky. Hundreds of people rallied at Kentucky's capitol on Thursday to urge action in the investigation of three officers in the fatal police shooting of a Black woman, Breonna Taylor, at her Louisville home. Taylor's family, hip hop artists and civil rights lawyers addressed a large crowd on the steps of the capitol to mark 100 days since Taylor was killed. Taylor was killed in the sanctity of her own home, said civil rights lawyer Benjamin Crump, who is representing Taylor's family. Kenneth Walker, Taylor's boyfriend, also appeared at the rally.

WASHINGTON Top Democratic leaders in the Senate say the Republican policing bill is not salvageable, as they signal an intent to block it and demand negotiations on a new, more bipartisan package in response to the killing of Black Americans. That's according to a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell from the Democrats obtained by The Associated Press. This bill is not salvageable and we need bipartisan talks to get to a constructive starting point, write Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and the co-authors of the party's bill, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. The Republican legislation would create a national database of police use-of-force incidents, restrict police chokeholds and set up new training procedures. Congress is under enormous pressure to establish new oversight and accountability of the police as demonstrations spill into cities large and small nationwide.

George Floyd will be laid to rest next to his mother on Tuesday at the Houston Memorial Gardens in Pearland. Floyd, 46, died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes on May 25 in Minneapolis. On Monday, hundreds of mourners lined up to attend a public viewing to pay their respects to Floyd at The Fountain of Praise Church. Full Screen 1 / 4 Houston Texans NFL player J. J. Watt, pauses by the casket of George Floyd during a funeral service for Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool)Heres a list of those who were expected to be in attendance at Tuesdays funeral: Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner Rev.

Joe Biden privately met with George Floyd's family in Houston, Texas, on Monday. Floyd family attorney Benjamin Crump confirmed the meetup via Twitter, posting a photo of himself posing with the Democratic presidential nominee, along with Rev. Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 8, 2020A private funeral will be held for Floyd on Tuesday in Houston. In addition to meeting with his family, Biden also recorded a special video message that will play during the service. RELATED CONTENT:George Floyd Memorial Services Continue in HoustonJennifer Aniston Donates Nearly $1 Million to Racial Justice CharitiesBeyonc Hopes for 'Real Change' In Moving Commencement Speech

Following days of nationwide protests, George Floyd's family and friends will now get to celebrate his life. Floyd's brother, Philonise, was the first to speak, sharing a story about what it was like growing up together. Al Sharpton, who told reporters earlier this week that "we must turn this moment into a movement," spoke next, reiterating the fact that "George Floyd should not be among the deceased. Sharpton then asked the crowd, as well as everyone watching at home, to stand in silence for eight minutes and 46 seconds in honor of Floyd. RELATED CONTENT:Beyonc Urges Fans to 'Remain Aligned and Focused' Amid ProtestsBrad Pitt, Zoe Kravitz, Lili Reinhart and More Celebs Take to the Streets to Protest George Floyd's DeathMLK's Daughter on the 'Pain' George Floyd's 6-Year-Old Is FeelingGeorge Floyd's 6-Year-Old Daughter Says She Misses Her Dad

5/31: Melvin Carter, Benjamin Crump, Keisha Bottoms, Wesley Lowery, Scott Gottlieb This week on "Face the Nation", pain and anger following the death of George Floyd explodes into violence across a bitter and divided nation already reeling from the impact of the coronavirus.

Protests continued following the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. The rare step came as the violence spread to other cities: A man shot dead in Detroit, police cars battered in Atlanta and skirmishes with police in New York City. An attorney for Floyds family welcomed the arrest but said he expected a more serious murder charge and wants the other officers arrested, too. It certainly looked like there was no excuse for it.Attorney Benjamin Crump, who is representing Floyds family, asked to take custody of Floyds body for an independent autopsy. The doctor who will do the autopsy is Michael Baden, former chief medical examiner of New York City.

Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)WASHINGTON I cant breathe.Eric Garner uttered those words six years ago, locked in a police chokehold. It became a rallying cry after his death for demonstrators across the country who protested the killings of African Americans by police. Floyd's death came after Ahmaud Arbery was shot to death in Georgia by a former district attorney investigator and his son, who were not arrested until after video emerged months later. Davis has gone to some protests, but came this morning with his two adolescent children to show them what was happening.

William Roddie Bryan Jr., 50, was arrested Thursday on charges of felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment. Bryan's neighbors, Gregory and Travis McMichael, were arrested on felony murder and aggravated assault charges after the video spread on social media, more than two months after the slaying. Along with the investigation into Arberys killing, Reynolds said he expects the GBI's investigation into the handling of the case by two local prosecutors to be completed soon and turned over to the attorney generals office. Gregory McMichael told police he suspected Arbery was a burglar and that Arbery attacked his son before being shot. Gough declined to discuss Bryan's actions the day of the shooting but said authorities overreached in charging him with felony murder.

This Thursday, May 7, 2020, file photo combo of images provided by the Glynn County Detention Center in Georgia shows Gregory McMichael, left, and his son Travis McMichael. Attorneys for Arberys parents said Tuesday that the body camera video from 2017 shows Arbery being harassed by the same police department that declined to arrest his killers. S. Lee Merritt, an attorney for Arbery's mother, said Tuesday that the video showed Arbery being harassed by police. We dont see cars sitting out here that often.The officers let Arbery go about eight minutes after the encounter began. The video shows Arbery being ordered to lie face-down while being handcuffed.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky – A Kentucky woman working as an EMT was killed after officers forced their way inside her home and exchanged shots with her boyfriend, according to a lawsuit filed by her mother. The officers were executing a search warrant in a narcotics investigation, the Louisville Metro Police Department has said, when they entered Breonna Taylor's apartment just before 1 a.m. on March 13. The search warrant authorized the police to search Taylor's apartment, two vehicles, and three persons, including Taylor, and to seize, among other things, drugs and drug paraphernalia, money, safes, weapons, documents, and computers. What the lawsuit allegesThe Taylor family filed a personal injury and wrongful death action last month against officers Brett Hankison, Myles Cosgrove and Jonathan Mattingly, who was shot according to LMPD. The family claims charges of battery, wrongful death, excessive force, and negligence and gross negligence.

George Zimmerman suing family of Trayvon Martin, others for $100 millionImage 1 of / 1 Caption Close George Zimmerman suing family of Trayvon Martin, others for $100 million 1 / 1 Back to GalleryGeorge Zimmerman is suing the parents of Trayvon Martin, attorney Benjamin Crump and others for $100 million. In the lawsuit, which was filed in Polk County, Florida, Zimmerman claims evidence presented in his 2012 homicide trial for the fatal shooting of Martin was false. Zimmerman is represented by Larry Klayman, an American right-wing activist lawyer and former U.S. Justice Department prosecutor. The lawsuit cites a documentary about the case that accuses Martins family of falsifying testimony. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, was acquitted in the shooting of Trayvon Martin on the grounds of self-defense.

George Zimmerman, the Florida man acquitted in the 2012 death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, is suing Martin's family, prosecutors and others involved in the case for $100 million. They allege that the prosecution's key witness, Rachel Jeantel, was an "imposter and fake witness" and that Benjamin Crump, the Martin family's attorney, defamed Zimmerman in the process. They also allege that Jeantel lied repeatedly in court, while Martin's supposed "real girlfriend," Brittany Diamond Eugene, "refused to bear false witness" against Zimmerman. The suit alleges that Martin's parents, attorney and several others involved in the case knew about the "imposter witness." Trayvon Martin's mother: "I chose to live"The lead defendant in the suit, Martin's mother Sybrina Fulton, has become a national advocate against gun violence in the wake of her son's death.

"I try to frame a message that, as a minister, gives some comfort and meaning to the family," Sharpton said. Before Sharpton spoke at the funeral of Stephon Clark in Sacramento, California, last year, he called Clark's brother, Stevante, on stage. As the emotional young man bounded to the front of the church, Sharpton began the call-and-response protest chant: "I am!" "You don't tell people in pain how to handle their pain," Sharpton told the crowd, Stevante Clark's arm draped around him. "You don't tell people when you kill their loved one how to grieve."

Jefferson's shooting Saturday in her home is the latest high-profile one in the era of the Black Lives Matter movement, which the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, helped fuel in 2014. The events that followed her shooting have unfolded in ways that are both typical and unique, leaving her family and activists to balance hope with caution. The officer who shot her, Aaron Dean, was taken into custody two days after the killing. Jefferson's family had been calling for an arrest. The officer, Amber Guyger, was fired soon after the shooting and charged with murder.

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger poses for a booking photo at Dallas County Jail in Dallas, Texas, U.S. October 2, 2019. Dallas County Jail/Handout via REUTERSThe same jury took less than six hours on Tuesday to find Guyger, who is white, guilty in the 2018 killing of Botham Jean, a 26-year-old black PwC accountant. Lawyers for the victims family said they believed the verdict was the first time a white female police officer had been found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of an unarmed black man. Im speaking for myself, not my family, but I love you just like anyone else, Brandt Jean told Guyger. I have to live with this every single day, Guyger told the jury of eight women and four men.

His death sparked street protests last year, particularly when prosecutors initially opted to bring the lesser charge of manslaughter against Guyger, 31. The sentence was less than the 28 years prosecutors had sought. Guyger glanced quickly at her family but betrayed no emotion as she was led out of the courtroom. Jeans slaying by a white police officer had provoked street protests, particularly after prosecutors initially opted to charge Guyger with manslaughter rather than murder. I have to live with this every single day, Guyger told the jury of eight women and four men.

CNN imageGALVESTON, Texas - Two mounted officers seen leading a handcuffed black man by what appeared to be a rope will not face a criminal investigation, authorities say. City officials in Galveston requested a third-party investigation into the arrest of Donald Neely, 43, after images circulated of him being led through town by two Galveston Police Department officers. "The Rangers subsequently conferred with the Galveston Co. District Attorney's Office, which determined that there was nothing that warranted a criminal investigation," said a statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety. The decision to not open a criminal investigation did not surprise her, she said. "We're going to stay here and stand with Donald Neely and his family."

Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump has requested the release of body camera footage recorded by two mounted Galveston police officers who led a handcuffed black man down the city's streets. GALVESTON, Texas - Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump has requested the release of body camera footage recorded by two mounted Galveston police officers who led a handcuffed black man down the city's streets. The police department has 30 days to comply, or face a civil rights march through the city, Crump said at a press conference Monday. "Until you release that video from that body cam, we are not going anywhere," Crump said. CNN has reached out to the Galveston Police Department for comment.

Police in Galveston, Texas apologize after photos surface of man in handcuffs being led using a 'line,' tied to mounted officer. GALVESTON, Texas - The Galveston Police Department chief has already apologized for the way that two mounted officers escorted a handcuffed African-American man over the weekend. But the leaders of two police unions came to the arresting officers' defense on Thursday, saying they did nothing wrong. In a statement, Galveston Police Chief Vernon L. Hale III apologized to Neely and said his officers "showed poor judgement in this instance." Bell had previously posted on social media that it was hard for her to understand "why these officers felt this young man required a leash, as he was handcuffed and walking between two mounted officers."

Police in Galveston, Texas apologize after photos surface of man in handcuffs being led using a 'line,' tied to mounted officer. GALVESTON, Texas - A Texas police department is apologizing for its treatment of an African-American man that the police chief said caused the man "unnecessary embarrassment." Photos show two mounted officers from the Galveston Police Department escorting a handcuffed man. One officer is leading the man, identified as 43-year-old Donald Neely, with what appears to be a rope. Bell had previously posted on social media that it was hard for her to understand "why these officers felt this young man required a leash, as he was handcuffed and walking between two mounted officers."

Benjamin Crump: "We can't have the DOJ sanitizing" shootings Brown and Rice family attorney Benjamin Crump discusses the Justice Department's latest report on Ferguson.