Benjamin Crump
Floyd family attorney Ben Crump, left, asked all to clasp hands during a press conference to announce a $27 million civil lawsuit settlement between the Floyd family and the City of Minneapolis Friday, March 12, 2021, in Minneapolis. Standing next to Crump is Brandon Williams, Floyd's nephew, left to right, Philonise Floyd, Rodney Floyd, both George Floyd's brothers, Lisa Bender, Minneapolis city council president, and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)
Floyd's family takes its seat in ex-officer's murder trial

By Steve Karnowski Apr. 06, 2021 12:47 PM EDT

Attorneys Carl Douglas, left, and Benjamin Crump, right, point to bullet wounds on a diagram of Dijon Kizzee's body as part of an independent autopsy during a news conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. 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)
Attorney: Black man shot by LA deputies wasn't holding a gun

By Stefanie Dazio Sep. 22, 2020 09:30 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 9, 2020 file photo, the Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during the funeral for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston. A national commemoration of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington is being reconfigured to comply with coronavirus protocols in the District of Columbia. This comes amid widespread protests and unrest over the police killings of Black Americans. Although many marchers will arrive via charter buses from surrounding communities on Aug. 28, the Rev. Al Sharpton will ask others to join satellite marches in states that are considered hot spots for COVID-19. (Godofredo A. Vásquez/Houston Chronicle via AP, Pool)
March on Washington reconfigured to comply with virus rules

By Aaron Morrison And Ashraf Khalil Aug. 11, 2020 10:19 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2014, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers' Carlos Boozer, wearing a T-shirt reading ""I Can't Breathe" stands before team introductions for an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings in Los Angeles. 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. Until this week. George Floyd uttered the exact same words, while handcuffed and pinned at the neck under the knee of a white police officer, galvanizing the movement anew and prompting mass protests around the country. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
'I can't breathe' a rally cry anew for police protests in US

By Colleen Long And Deepti Hajela May. 29, 2020 04:04 PM EDT

Police move through an area during demonstrations Thursday, May 28, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn. Protests over the death of George Floyd, the black man who died in police custody broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Minneapolis cop who knelt on man's neck charged with murder

By Tim Sullivan And Amy Forliti May. 29, 2020 01:58 AM EDT

Minneapolis police stand guard against protesters at the Third Precinct Wednesday, May 27, 2020 as people protest the arrest and death of George Floyd who died in police custody Monday night in Minneapolis after video shared online by a bystander showed a white officer kneeling on his neck during his arrest as he pleaded that he couldn't breathe. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Mayor: Officer who put knee on man's neck should be charged

By Amy Forliti And Colleen Long May. 27, 2020 05:55 AM EDT

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. Georgia's attorney general on Sunday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the handling of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who authorities say died at the hands of the two men as he ran through a neighborhood. (Glynn County Detention Center via AP, File)
Atlanta-area DA, 3rd outside prosecutor, to take Arbery case

By Russ Bynum May. 11, 2020 05:45 PM EDT

This photo combo of images taken Thursday, May 7, 2020, and provided by the Glynn County Detention Center, in Georgia, show Gregory McMichael, left, and his son Travis McMichael. The two have been charged with murder in the February shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, whom they had pursued in a truck after spotting him running in their neighborhood. (Glynn County Detention Center via AP)
Father, son charged with killing black man Ahmaud Arbery

By Russ Bynum And Ben Nadler May. 07, 2020 08:40 PM EDT