Attorney who represented Trayvon Martin's family will now represent family of man killed by Missouri

[Baitball Blogger]

Benjamin Crump, the Tallahassee attorney who represented Trayvon Martin's family, has been retained by the family of a man shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo.

Michael Brown, 18, was shot to death Saturday afternoon during a struggle with a police officer, whose name was not released. His death has sparked several public protests in the suburban Missouri town where the shooting happened.

Crump also represented the family of 38-year-old Marlon Brown, the DeLand man who was run over and killed by a police cruiser during a brief pursuit on May 8, 2013. The officer responsible for the crash was fired, but a grand jury cleared him of any criminal wrongdoing.

In 17-year-old Trayvon's case, his accused killer, neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, was found not guilty of murder.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/trayvon-martin-george-zimmerman/os-mike-brown-trayvon-martin-lawyer-20140811,0,7854320.story

[MindPilot]

1. I start Grand Jury service next month

You can bet your ass I won't be participating in clearing any cops of wrongdoing.

[al_liberal]

2. Well that'll be a loser.

Why pick a losing team to represent you? Just because it's pro bono? This is nothing more than the law firm gaining more notoriety for themselves while exploiting another tragedy.

[JI7]

3. you do realize that this is a private attorney who was not part of the Zimmerman trial

that the criminal trial prosecution are those who work for the state .

[al_liberal]

4. That's not how I read the post.

"Benjamin Crump, the Tallahassee attorney who represented Trayvon Martin's family, has been retained by the family of a man shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo"

[JI7]

5. yes, he represented the family, but the Zimmerman Trial is a State Trial

so it's the State Attorneys who prosecute the case. because it's seen as a crime against the state.

i believe Crump did get the HOA or whoever the fucked decided zimmerman should be neighborhood watch to pay some money to Trayvon's parents .