Benjamin Crump

Benjamin Lloyd Crump was born in Lumberton, North Carolina, near Fort Bragg.{{cite web|url=http://thegrio.com/2012/03/30/benjamin-crump-martin-family-lawyer-known-for-civil-rights-cases/ | title =Benjamin Crump: Martin family lawyer known for civil rights cases | author =The Grio | author-link =The Grio | publisher =thegrio.com | date =March 30, 2012}} The oldest of nine siblings and step-siblings, Crump grew up in an extended family and was raised by his grandmother.{{cite web | url=http://newsone.com/1966075/trayvon-martin-family-lawyer-is-versed-in-civil-rights-cases/ | title =Trayvon Martin Family Lawyer Is Versed In Civil Rights Cases | publisher =newsone.com | date =March 30, 2012}} His mother, Helen, worked as a hotel maid and in a local Converse shoe factory.{{cite web | url =http://www.law.fsu.edu/images/FSULAW_Spring_2006.pdf | title =BEN CRUMP Seeking Justice for All: BEATING THE ODDS Ben Crump Winning the 'No-Win' Cases | author =Barbara Ash | author2 =Florida State University Law Review | author2-link =Florida State University Law Review | publisher =law.fsu.edu | year =2006 | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130412170201/http://www.law.fsu.edu/images/FSULAW_Spring_2006.pdf | archive-date =April 12, 2013 }} His mother sent him to attend South Plantation High School in Plantation, Florida, where he lived with her second husband, a math teacher, whom Crump regards as his father.{{cite web |author1= |title=Martin family lawyer known for civil rights cases |url=https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/martin-family-lawyer-known-for-civil-rights-cases/509-6a1556cc-8836-4451-af17-9c9f8f5d4768 |website=CBS News 8 |publisher=Associated Press |date=30 March 2012}}

Crump attended Florida State University and received his bachelor's degree in criminal justice in 1992 and his Juris Doctor in 1995.{{cite web |url=http://parkscrump.com/attorneys/benjamin-crump/ |title=Benjamin L. Crump – Parks and Crump Attorneys at Law |publisher=Parkscrump.com |date=June 20, 2014 |accessdate=August 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809040556/http://parkscrump.com/attorneys/benjamin-crump/ |archive-date=August 9, 2014 |url-status=dead }} He is a life member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.

In 2002, Crump represented the family of Genie McMeans Jr., an African American driver who died after being shot by a White state trooper.{{cite web |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2002-07-25-0207250147-story.html |title=TROOPER CLEARED IN SHOOTING |date=July 25, 2002 |website=The Orlando Sentinel |access-date=June 5, 2020}} In 2007, Crump represented the family of Martin Lee Anderson, a teenager who died after a beating in 2006 by guards in a Florida youth detention center.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/13/us/13bootcamp.html |title=8 Acquitted in Death of Boy, 14, in Florida |last=Goodnough |first=Abby |date=October 13, 2007 |work=The New York Times |access-date=June 5, 2020}}

In 2012, Crump began representing the family of Trayvon Martin, who was killed by George Zimmerman on February 26, 2012.{{cite news|title=Trayvon Martin Family's Lawyer Benjamin Crump Known For Civil Rights Cases|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/30/trayvon-martin-familys-lawyer-benjamin-crump_n_1390757.html|work=Huffington Post|accessdate=April 8, 2012|date=March 30, 2012}}

Crump also represented Ronald Weekley Jr., a 20-year-old African-American skateboarder beaten by police in Venice, California in 2012.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ronald-weekley-jr-skateboarder-alleging-excessive-police-force-hires-trayvon-martin-family-attorney/ |title=Ronald Weekley Jr., skateboarder alleging excessive police force, hires Trayvon Martin family attorney |date=August 22, 2012 |website=CBS News |publisher=CBS |access-date=June 5, 2020}}

Crump also represented the family of Alesia Thomas, a 35-year-old African-American woman who died while in police custody in August 2012.{{cite news |url=http://www.laweekly.com/informer/2012/08/30/alesia-thomas-woman-dies-in-lapd-custody-amid-questionable-tactics-police-say |date=August 30, 2012 |last=Romero |first=Dennis |title=Alesia Thomas: Woman Dies in LAPD Custody Amid 'Questionable Tactics,' Police Say |newspaper=LA Weekly|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019160449/http://www.laweekly.com/news/alesia-thomas-woman-dies-in-lapd-custody-amid-questionable-tactics-police-say-2391615 |archive-date=October 19, 2016}} Journalist Chuck Philips reported that during the arrest by LAPD Officer Mary O'Callaghan, Thomas was "slammed to the ground, handcuffed behind her back, kicked in the groin, hog-tied and stuffed into the back seat of a patrol car, where she died."{{cite news|last=Philips|first=Chuck|title=What Happened to Alesia Thomas|url=http://chuckphilipspost.com/investigative-reports/alesia-thomas/|accessdate=October 22, 2013|newspaper=Chuck Philips Post|date=October 15, 2012}} Crump demanded that dashboard video of the incident be released, threatening legal action and encouraging Attorney General Eric Holder to launch a federal probe.{{cite news|last=Romero|first=Dennis Romero|title=LAPD's Alesia Thomas Beating Video Demanded By Attorney Benjamin Crump|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2012/10/alesia_thomas_video_benjamin_crump_attorney_general_eric_holder.php|accessdate=October 24, 2013|newspaper=LA Weekly|date=October 15, 2012}} In October 2013, one of the arresting officers was charged with felony assault of Thomas, pleading not guilty.{{cite news|last=Botelho|first=Greg|title=LAPD officer charged with assaulting arrested woman, who later died|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/10/justice/lapd-officer-charged-assault/|accessdate=October 22, 2013|newspaper=CNN|date=October 10, 2013}} Judge Shelly Torrealba signed off on a request by the district attorney's office only to release the video to prosecutors and defense attorneys. This was to prevent the tainting of potential jury candidates, O'Callaghan's attorney Robert Rico said.{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/15/mary-ocallaghan-pleads-not-guilty_n_4103358.html |date=October 15, 2013 |last=Abdollah |first=Tami |title=Mary O'Callaghan Pleads Not Guilty To Felony Assault |newspaper=The Huffington Post}}

On August 11, 2014, the family of Michael Brown announced that they would be hiring Crump to represent their case, especially as the death had been widely compared to the Trayvon Martin case.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/12/michael-brown-shooting-ferguson-missouri-police-crack-down-protesters|title=Michael Brown shooting: police use teargas to crack down on protesters|last=Swaine|first=Jon|date=August 12, 2014|work=The Guardian|accessdate=August 18, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/15/benjamin-crump-answers-call/14103045/|title=Friends of Brown family called on civil-rights lawyer|publisher=USA Today|last=Blackburn|first=Doug|date=August 15, 2014|accessdate=August 19, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/11/benjamin-crump-michael-brown_n_5669931.html|title=Benjamin Crump Representing Michael Brown's Family After Teen's Fatal Shooting|last=Cadet|first=Danielle|publisher=Huffington Post|date=August 11, 2014|accessdate=August 19, 2014}} Also in 2014, Crump was initially hired to represented the family of Tamir Rice, an African-American youth who was killed by police in Cleveland, Ohio, while holding a toy gun.{{cite web |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/ben-crump-civil-rights-lawyer-police-brutality.html |title=Black Lives Lawyer Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, Tamir Rice — Ben Crump is trying to turn a protest movement into a legal crusade. |last=Richardson |first=John H. |date=July 10, 2019 |website=NY Mag |access-date=June 5, 2020}} Samaria Rice, the mother of Tamir Rice has criticized Crump and stated that she fired him 6–8 months into Tamir's case. One reason was that she felt it was questionable whether Benjamin Crump knew the laws in the state of Ohio.{{cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Gareth |title=How Ben Crump became America's go-to police brutality lawyer |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57038162 |access-date=30 January 2023 |agency=BBC.com |publisher=BBC News |date=30 May 2021}}

File:Terri Sewell and Benjamin Crump at the anniversary of the 60th Anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.jpg on the 60th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott]]

In 2015, Crump represented the family of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who was killed by three policemen in Pasco, Washington.{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/3719755/benjamin-crump-antonio-zambrano-montes/ |title=Family of Pasco Police Shooting Victim Hires High-Profile Civil Rights Attorney |last=Feeney |first=Nolan |date=February 25, 2015 |magazine=Time |publisher=Time |access-date=June 5, 2020}} Also in 2015, he represented the family of Kendrick Johnson, an African-American high-school student who was found dead at his school in Valdosta, Georgia, under mysterious circumstances, but stepped down from their legal team in late 2015.{{Cite web|title = Kendrick Johnson Update: 'It's a real-life murder mystery,' atty Benjamin Crump says of Ga. teen's gym mat death|url = http://www.cbsnews.com/news/kendrick-johnson-update-its-a-real-life-murder-mystery-atty-benjamin-crump-says-of-ga-teens-gym-mat-death/|first=Stephanie|last=Slifer|website = www.cbsnews.com|date=October 30, 2013|access-date = February 6, 2016}}{{Cite web|title = Kendrick Johnson probe: Attorney exits mark shift |url = http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/us/georgia-kendrick-johnson-attorney-exits/index.html|website = CNN|date = January 21, 2016|access-date = February 6, 2016}} In late 2015, Crump began representing the family of Corey Jones, who was killed by a plainclothes officer while waiting for a tow truck in South Florida.{{cite news|last1=Robles|first1=Frances|last2=Hauser|first2=Christine|title=Lawyers Provide Details in Police Shooting of Corey Jones in Florida|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/us/florida-corey-jones-police-shooting.html|accessdate=November 16, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=October 22, 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/article/20151022/NEWS/812069753 |title=Corey Jones shooting: Six key points made by Jones family attorneys |last=Mower |first=Lawrence |date=August 28, 2016 |website=Palm Beach Post |access-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605163530/https://www.palmbeachpost.com/article/20151022/NEWS/812069753 |url-status=dead }}

In 2016, Crump began representing the family of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed black man shot and killed by a Tulsa police officer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/20/us/video-released-in-terence-crutchers-killing-by-tulsa-police.html |title=Video Released in Terence Crutcher's Killing by Tulsa Police |last=Stack |first=Liam |date=September 19, 2016 |work=The New York Times |access-date=June 5, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/20/us/oklahoma-tulsa-police-shooting/index.html|title=Tulsa police shooting investigated by Justice Department|author1=Max Blau|author2= Jason Morris |author3= Catherine E. Shoichet |date=September 20, 2016|website=CNN}}

In 2017, Crump announced the opening of a new law firm, Ben Crump Law, PLLC.{{citation needed|date=July 2023}}

In 2018, Crump represented the family of Zeke Upshaw in a wrongful death suit after Upshaw, an NBA G League player, collapsed mid-game and was delayed assistance by the NBA's paramedics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sbnation.com/2018/5/30/17409364/zeke-upshaw-lawsuit-wrongful-death-nba-pistons-g-league-grand-rapids-drive-ben-crump-bob-hilliard |title=Family of Zeke Upshaw files wrongful death lawsuit against NBA, Pistons, and Grand Rapids Drive |last=Winfield |first=Kristian |date=May 30, 2018 |website=SB Nation |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=June 5, 2020}} Also in 2018 he became a board member for the National Black Justice Coalition.{{cite web |url=https://atlantadailyworld.com/2020/05/07/national-outcry-for-tragic-killing-of-ahmaud-arbery/ |title=National outcry for tragic killing of Ahmaud Arbery |date=May 7, 2020 |website=Atlanta Daily World |access-date=June 5, 2020}}

In 2019, Crump partnered with law firm Pintas & Mullins to hold several rallies in Flint, Michigan for communities affected by the Flint water crisis. Also in 2019, Crump began representing several plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson alleging that the company's talc powder was directly related to said-plaintiffs' ovarian cancer diagnoses.

In early 2020, Crump began working with the family of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old African-American man murdered by two White civilians.{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/5/6/21249202/ahmaud-arbery-jogger-killed-in-georgia-video-shooting-grand-jury |title=The killing of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed black jogger in Georgia, explained |last=Collins |first=Sean |date=May 26, 2020 |website=Vox |access-date=June 5, 2020}} Around this same time, the family of police shooting-victim Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old African-American woman, retained Crump for the family's lawsuit alleging excessive force and gross negligence by the Louisville Metro Police Department.{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/2020/6/3/21279590/breonna-taylor-david-mcatee-death-police-protests |title=The protests over Breonna Taylor's shooting death, explained |last=North |first=Anna |date=June 3, 2020 |website=Vox |access-date=June 5, 2020}} Taylor was killed after police entered her apartment after obtaining a flawed "no-knock warrant" and shot Taylor eight times.

After the death of 46-year old George Floyd in May 2020, Crump began representing his family. George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd's neck for over nine minutes. At the time, Floyd was unarmed and exclaimed to Chauvin and other deputies "I can't breathe".{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/george-floyd-s-family-was-told-other-officers-will-be-n1221926 |title=George Floyd's family was told other officers 'will be charged' following autopsy results, lawyer says |last=Fieldstadt |first=Elisha |date=June 2, 2020 |website=NBC News |publisher=NBC |access-date=June 5, 2020}} Chauvin was initially charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter; however, an additional second-degree murder charge was added 10 days later, and the three officers also present at the scene were subsequently charged with "aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter."{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/03/us/george-floyd-officers-charges/index.html |title=All four former officers involved in George Floyd's killing now face charges |last1=Campbell |first1=Josh |last2=Sidner |first2=Sara |last3=Levenson |first3=Eric |date=June 4, 2020 |website=CNN |access-date=June 5, 2020}} In April 2021, Chauvin was convicted on all three charges. In June 2020, Crump testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about the George Floyd case and the discriminatory treatment of African Americans by the U.S. justice system.

In a two-day span in late August 2020, Crump was among counsel retained to represent the families of Trayford Pellerin, a 31-year-old African American man killed by police in Lafayette, Louisiana,{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/23/us/trayford-pellerin-louisiana-police-protest/index.html |title= Police clash with protesters in Lafayette, Louisiana after police fatally shoot 31-year-old Black man |last=Alonso |first=Melissa |date= August 24, 2020 |website=CNN |access-date=August 24, 2020}} and Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old African-American man shot at seven times (hit four times in the back) by a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, while his children watched from the car.{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/us/kenosha-police-shooting-jacob-blake/index.html |title=Wisconsin police shoot a Black man as his children watch from a vehicle, attorney says |last=Vera |first=Amir |date= August 24, 2020 |website=CNN |access-date=August 24, 2020}} Crump retained Patrick A. Salvi Sr & Jr as co-counsel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2020/08/26/jacob-blake-shooting-second-video-family-attorney-newday-vpx.cnn|title=Second video of Jacob Blake's shooting surfaces - CNN Video|date=August 26, 2020 |via=www.cnn.com}}

In October 2020, Crump and Attorney Robert Cox won a historic $411 million jury verdict in a catastrophic trucking accident case. The trial was conducted over Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |title=Quincy jury awards $411 million in verdict for paralyzed Gadsden County veteran |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2020/10/05/quincy-jury-awards-411-million-verdict-paralyzed-gadsden-county-veteran/3598588001/ |website=Tallahassee Democrat}}

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In early 2021, Crump began representing the family of nineteen-year-old Christian Hall, who was shot and killed by Pennsylvania State Troopers in Monroe County. Hall was shot and killed in December 2020 on the overpass to Interstate 80 in Hamilton Township after reports of a suicidal man with a gun on the bridge. Troopers said that at one point during negotiations, Hall was uncooperative and pointed the gun in the direction of officers. State Police then shot and killed Hall. Attorneys for the family, including Crump, stated that a video circulating online shows a different story.{{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Molly Bilinski, Peter|title=Family of teen fatally shot by state police on Poconos overpass announce lawsuit, are being represented by civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/police/mc-nws-lawsuit-filed-against-state-police-after-fatal-shooting-20210203-siut556c7zb6dmwmib2pqilvgq-story.html|access-date=2021-02-08|website=mcall.com|date=February 3, 2021 }}

In April 2021, Crump began representing the family of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old African American shot and killed by a Brooklyn Center Police Department officer. Former Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon said that the officer intended to use her taser but inadvertently drew her handgun.{{Cite web|last=Choi|first=Joseph|date=2021-04-12|title=Ben Crump to represent family of Daunte Wright|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/547733-ben-crump-to-represent-family-of-daunte-wright|access-date=2021-04-18|website=TheHill|language=en}} On December 23, 2021, a Hennepin County, Minnesota jury found the officer who shot him, Kimberly Potter, guilty of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree manslaughter.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2021-12-23|title=Live updates: Kim Potter found guilty in Duante Wright shooting|url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/kim-potter-trial-outcome-daunte-wright-shooting/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-29|website=CNN|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223181726/https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/kim-potter-trial-outcome-daunte-wright-shooting/index.html |archive-date=December 23, 2021 }} On October 3, 2022, nearly 18 months after the April 11, 2021 police-involved fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Demetrius Wright in Minneapolis, the Wright family and the office of Benjamin Crump were served a lawsuit by Chyna Whitaker, Wright's son's mother. Whitaker filed the suit over GoFundMe proceeds she said were to go to her.{{Cite web |last=Kilander |first=Gustaf |date=October 5, 2022 |title=Mother of Daunte Wright's son files lawsuit against family over $1m GoFundMe |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/duante-wright-mother-lawsuit-gofundme-b2196065.html |website=Independent UK}} A spokesperson for attorney Ben Crump told the press, "This is strictly a family dispute between the mother of Daunte Wright's child and Daunte's parents."{{Cite web |date=October 3, 2022 |title=Mother of Daunte Wright's son sues for funds raised through GoFundMe |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/mother-of-daunte-wright-sues-for-funds-raise-through-gofundme/ |website=CBS Minnesota}}

Following the Astroworld Festival crowd crush, Crump is representing a concertgoer, Noah Gutierrez, in a lawsuit against Travis Scott. Crump said in a statement, "We are hearing horrific accounts of the terror and helplessness people experienced — the horror of a crushing crowd and the awful trauma of watching people die while trying unsuccessfully to save them."{{cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2021/11/07/travis-scott-sued-over-predictable-and-preventable-tragedy-at-astroworld/|title=Travis Scott is sued over 'predictable and preventable tragedy' at Astroworld|author=Jorge Fitz-Gibbon and Kenneth Garger|work=New York Post|access-date=November 7, 2021|language=en-US}}

In December 2021, Crump began representing the parents of a 14-year-old girl, Valentina Orellana-Peralta, who was fatally shot in a Los Angeles department store—a round aimed by L.A. Police Department response team at an assaulter ricocheted off the floor. It passed through the wall of a dressing room where she and her mother had taken refuge, causing her death.[https://abcnews.go.com/US/family-14-year-fatally-shot-los-angeles-police/story?id=81971514 Family of 14-year-old fatally shot by Los Angeles police in dressing room speaks out], ABC News, Kiara Alfonseca, December 28, 2021. Retrieved December 29, 2021.

Crump began representing Amir Locke's family in February 2022. Locke was shot and killed by the Minneapolis Police Department on February 2, 2022 while police were executing a search warrant.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-05 |title=Parents: Amir Locke 'executed'; mayor halts no-knock entries |url=https://apnews.com/article/amir-locke-shooting-minneapolis-95adf64a9efdee7f0b98e00ab1748369 |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=AP News |language=en}}

In April 2022, Crump took on the case of Patrick Lyoya of Grand Rapids, Michigan, who was killed by Officer Christopher Schurra, a police officer from the Grand Rapids Police Department, who shot Lyoya in the back of the head after Lyola fled a traffic stop. Lyoya was unarmed.{{cite web |last1=Nickeas |first1=Peter |display-authors=et al. |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/09/us/patrick-lyoya-police-shooting-charging-decision/index.html |title=What a Michigan prosecutor considered in arriving at charging decision in the police killing of Patrick Lyoya|website=CNN |date=June 9, 2022 }}

In May 2022, Crump was retained by the families of Andre Mackneil, Geraldine Talley, and Ruth Whitfield, three victims of the 2022 Buffalo shooting on May 14. That same month, Crump took on the case of Rwandan politician Paul Rusesabagina, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison by the Rwandan government.{{Cite news |date=2021-09-20 |title=Paul Rusesabagina: From Hotel Rwanda hero to convicted terrorist |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58604468 |access-date=2022-06-30}}

The family of Randy Cox retained Crump in June 2022, when Cox, who was traveling in a police van without a seatbelt when the driver slammed on the brakes, sending Cox into a metal partition head first. Cox was paralyzed from the chest down as a result of his injuries. The officers were fired without compensation for behaving "recklessly and without compassion."{{cite web |title=Randy Cox, paralyzed in police van, reaches $45 million settlement with New Haven, Connecticut |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/randy-cox-paralyzed-police-van-reaches-45-million-settlement-new-haven-rcna88744 |website=NBC News|date=June 11, 2023 }} The five officers were caught on police body camera mocking Cox after he hit his head and proceeded to drag him out of the vehicle, and place him in a holding cell. The case for which Cox was initially arrested was later dismissed. In 2023, a $45 million verdict was reached with the City of New Haven, Connecticut.

In October 2022, Crump was retained by the family of Erik Cantu.{{cite web |last1=Peck |first1=Josh |title=Civil rights attorney Ben Crump to represent family of San Antonio shooting victim Erik Cantu |url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2022/10/20/435551/civil-rights-attorney-who-represented-george-floyds-family-will-represent-family-of-erik-cantu/ |website=Houston Public Media |access-date=26 January 2023 |date=20 October 2022}} The 17-year-old was shot by a San Antonio Police Department officer while eating a hamburger in his car at a McDonald's parking lot. In December 2022, Crump was hired by Emily Proulx, a passenger of Cantu's during the shooting.{{cite web |last1=Quesada |first1=Tony |title=Girlfriend of Erik Cantu, the teen shot by since-indicted officer James Brennand, hires Ben Crump |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/us-world/article/Girlfriend-of-Erik-Cantu-the-teenager-shot-by-17626947.php |website=Houston Chronicle |access-date=26 January 2023 |date=2 December 2022}}

• In January 2023, Crump began representing the family of Earl Moore Jr. in a wrongful death lawsuit against two Illinois paramedics, along with ambulance service company LifeStar. Moore died on December 18, 2022, as a result of asphyxiation after he was strapped face down to a stretcher while in medical distress. The paramedics, Peter Cadigan and Peggy Finley, were charged with first-degree murder in January 2023.{{Cite web |title=Family files wrongful death lawsuit against Illinois paramedics who are charged with murder |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/earl-moore-jr-death-illinois-paramedics-wrongful-death-lawsuit/ |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=January 19, 2023 |language=en-US}}
• Also in January 2023, Crump announced he would represent the family of Tyre Nichols, who died on January 10, three days after a traffic stop, when five Memphis, Tennessee police officers tried to arrest Nichols for alleged reckless driving. During the incident, the officers beat Nichols, and he was taken to the hospital after he reported he had shortness of breath.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wnct.com/news/southeast-region/ben-crump-nichols-family-to-address-public-on-monday/|title=Ben Crump, Nichols family to address public on Monday|date=January 21, 2023}}
• In April 2023, Crump began representing the family of Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old Black teenager shot for ringing the doorbell of the wrong house. The shooter was an 84-year-old White man and the owner of the house.{{Cite web |last=Daniels |first=Cheyanne M. |date=2023-04-17 |title=Attorney Ben Crump retained by family of Black teen shot for going to wrong house |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3954571-attorney-ben-crump-retained-by-family-of-black-teen-shot-for-going-to-wrong-house/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}
• In May 2023, Crump represented the family of Ed Townsend, songwriter of "Let's Get It On", in suing Ed Sheeran, songwriter of "Thinking Out Loud." The plaintiffs claimed that elements of "Thinking Out Loud" were taken from "Let's Get It On" without permission. The case was decided in Sheeran's favor on May 4, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Katersky |first=Aaron |date=2023-05-04 |title=Ed Sheeran wins copyright infringement lawsuit involving 'Thinking Out Loud' |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/jury-reaches-verdict-ed-sheeran-copyright-infringement-case/story?id=99022695 |access-date=2023-05-04|website=ABC News |language=en-US}}
• In June 2023, Crump began representing the family of Ajike Owens, who was shot through her locked front door and killed by a white neighbor after the neighbor got into an argument with her children in a nearby field.{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Curt |last2=Frisaro |first2=Freida |title=White woman who fatally shot Black neighbor is arrested in Florida |url=https://apnews.com/article/florida-shooting-neighbor-7d033653743d3efe2395367be27ea77b |website=Associated Press |access-date=June 7, 2023 |language=en |date=June 7, 2023}} The shooter was found guilty of first-degree felony manslaughter and sentenced to 25 years in prison in November 2024.{{cite news |last1=Zaru |first1=Deena |title=Florida woman sentenced to 25 years in fatal shooting of neighbor Ajike Owens |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-woman-sentenced-25-years-fatal-shooting-neighbor/story?id=116196178 |access-date=6 February 2025 |work=ABC News |date=November 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130130457/https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-woman-sentenced-25-years-fatal-shooting-neighbor/story?id=116196178 |archive-date=November 30, 2024 |language=en |url-status=live}}
• In July 2023, after the firing of Northwestern University's head football coach Pat Fitzgerald, Crump partnered with Chicago attorney Steven Levin to represent Northwestern University football players who alleged that they were victims of hazing and racism.{{cite web | website=WLS-TV | url=https://abc7chicago.com/northwestern-university-football-hazing-scandal/13541513/ | last1=Garcia | first1=John | last2=Horng | first2=Eric | title=Noted civil rights attorney Ben Crump files Northwestern University hazing suit | date=July 24, 2023 | access-date=August 1, 2023 | archive-date=August 1, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801214337/https://abc7chicago.com/northwestern-university-football-hazing-scandal/13541513/ | url-status=dead }}

• In February 2024, Crump began representing Eboni Pouncy in a case against Harris County sheriff's deputies. Pouncy was shot multiple times inside her apartment after deputies responded to a call about an intruder at a neighboring unit. Body camera footage captured the incident, which Crump has stated "should have never happened."{{cite web |last1=Burke |first1=Minyvonne |title=Video shows Houston-area deputies repeatedly shooting a woman in her friend's apartment |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/video-shows-houston-area-deputies-repeatedly-shooting-woman-friends-ap-rcna138559 |website=NBC News |date=February 13, 2024 |publisher=NBC |access-date=23 February 2024}}{{cite web |title=GRAPHIC: Police shoot woman through her apartment door |url=https://www.kbtx.com/2024/02/14/graphic-police-shoot-woman-through-her-apartment-door/ |website=KBTX |publisher=Gray Media Group, Inc |access-date=23 February 2024 |language=en |date=14 February 2024}}
• In April 2024, Crump began representing the family of 16-year-old Kaleiah Jones in a wrongful death suit against Newport News Public Schools, the City of Newport News, and several members of Menchville High School's staff, including school nurse Turkan Tillotson; school resource officer Isiah Washington; Principal Lisa Egolf; Assistant Principals Diamond Gee and William Huffstetler; teacher Lisa Molineaux; and three unnamed school security officers. Jones, an African American sophomore with bradycardia and Long QT syndrome, died on February 20, 2024 after passing out at school. According to the lawsuit, she was left without critical medical care for 16 minutes, even though the school had been previously informed of Jones' health conditions and recent surgery.{{cite news |last1=MacDonald |first1=Madie |last2=Reese |first2=Brian |title=Menchville student who died didn't get care for 16 minutes as adults looked on, lawyers say |url=https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/newport-news/lawsuit-to-be-announced-following-death-of-16-year-old-menchville-student/ |access-date=2 February 2025 |work=WAVY.com |publisher=Nexstar Media Inc. |date=October 17, 2024 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250202035917/https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/newport-news/lawsuit-to-be-announced-following-death-of-16-year-old-menchville-student/ |archive-date=2 February 2025 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Dujardin |first1=Peter |title=Collapsed Menchville High student lay dying — without proper medical care — for 16 minutes, lawsuit maintains |url=https://www.pilotonline.com/2024/10/17/collapsed-menchville-high-student-lay-dying-without-proper-medical-care-for-16-minutes-lawyers-say/ |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=The Virginian-Pilot |date=October 18, 2024 |language=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250206020500/https://www.pilotonline.com/2024/10/17/collapsed-menchville-high-student-lay-dying-without-proper-medical-care-for-16-minutes-lawyers-say/ |archive-date=February 6, 2025 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Wolf |first1=Michelle |title=Kaleiah's Law? Virginia lawmakers push for cardiac emergency response plan; cite death of Menchville teen |url=https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/newport-news/kaleiahs-law-virginia-lawmakers-push-for-cardiac-emergency-response-plan-cite-death-of-menchville-teen/ |access-date=5 February 2025 |work=WAVY.com |publisher=Nexstar Media Inc. |date=February 28, 2024 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229040210/https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/newport-news/kaleiahs-law-virginia-lawmakers-push-for-cardiac-emergency-response-plan-cite-death-of-menchville-teen/#expand |archive-date=29 February 2024 |url-status=live}}
• In May 2024, the family of Roger Fortson hired Crump to represent them after Fortson was killed.{{Cite web |last=Sager |first=Monica |date=May 8, 2024 |title=Ben Crump Hired by Family of US Airman Killed by Florida Sheriff Deputy |website=Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/ben-crump-roger-fortson-dead-florida-deputy-shooting-1898574}} Fortson was a 23-year-old Black U.S. Air Force airman who was shot and killed by police in his Fort Walton Beach apartment.{{Cite web |last=Sager |first=Monica |date=May 7, 2024 |title=Who is Roger Fortson? US Airman Killed by Florida Sheriff's Officer |website=Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/roger-fortson-us-airman-killed-florida-officer-1898100}} The body camera footage of this was released.{{Cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Stephen |last2=Schneider |first2=Mike |date=May 9, 2024 |title=Body camera video shows fatal shooting of Black airman by Florida deputy in apartment doorway |website=Associated Press News |url=https://apnews.com/article/florida-deputies-black-airman-killed-c747bffae2690dd8fa0908f4b95821b6}} According to Crump, a witness statement claimed that police entered the wrong apartment.{{Cite web |last1=Neely |first1=Samantha |last2=Bestor |first2=Collin |date=May 9, 2024 |title='Police entered wrong apartment': Ben Crump takes case of airmen killed by deputy. What we know |url=https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2024/05/09/ben-crump-roger-fortson-fort-walton-beach-florida-air-force-shot/73624751007/}}
• In June 2024, the family of D'vontaye Mitchell retained Crump after Mitchell died following an altercation with Hyatt Regency hotel security. Witness footage shows four security officers holding him down on his stomach. Crump referenced the video in a press conference with the family, saying the security officers are to be blamed for his death and that he will help the family seek justice.{{Cite news |last=Boudreaux |first=Phillip |date=July 8, 2024 |title=Family of Dvontaye Mitchell brings in nationally-known Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump to pursue justice in Mitchell's death |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2024/07/08/dvontaye-mitchell-death-ben-crump |work=Spectrum News 1}} On August 2, the medical examiner ruled his death a homicide.{{cite news |last1=Planas |first1=Antonio |last2=Kelley |first2=Ava |title=D'Vontaye Mitchell death ruled homicide, died of 'restraint asphyxia' and drugs, medical examiner says |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dvontaye-mitchell-death-ruled-homicide-died-restraint-asphyxia-drugs-m-rcna164916 |access-date=3 August 2024 |work=NBC News |date=2 August 2024 |language=en}} By August 6, prosecutors charged four hotel employees with felony murder.{{cite news |last1=Hussain |first1=Mustafa |title=Four charged with murder in the death of D'Vontaye Mitchell outside Milwaukee hotel |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dvontaye-mitchell-murder-charge-rcna165479 |access-date=7 August 2024 |work=NBC News |date=6 August 2024 |language=en}}
• In July 2024, Crump began representing the family of Sonya Massey following her July 6 shooting death by a deputy of the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office in Springfield, Illinois.{{cite web |last1=Cotton |first1=Max |title=Family attorney of Springfield woman shot and killed by deputy speaks out |url=https://www.wgem.com/2024/07/19/family-attorney-springfield-woman-shot-killed-by-deputy-speaks-out/ |website=WGEM |date=July 19, 2024 |publisher=Gray Local Media |access-date=20 July 2024}} Massey was allegedly shot and killed by deputy Sean Grayson in her home following a 911 call that she placed to report a "prowler."{{cite web |last1=Petri |first1=Alexandra |title=Deputy Fatally Shot Woman Over Pot of Hot Water, Records Show |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/17/us/sonya-massey-illinois-deputy-charged.html |website=The New York Times |date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=20 July 2024}} Grayson was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, among other charges,{{cite web |last1=Steven |first1=Spearie |title=Springfield-area deputy indicted; faces three murder charges in killing of Sonya Massey |url=https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/local/2024/07/17/springfield-area-deputy-charged-with-murder-in-sonya-massey-shooting/74441220007/ |website=The State Journal-Register |publisher=Gannett Co., Inc. |access-date=20 July 2024}} and pled not guilty.{{cite web |last1=Negussie |first1=Tesfaye |title=Illinois deputy pleads not guilty to murder in fatal shooting of Springfield woman who called 911 |url=https://abc7chicago.com/post/sangamon-county-deputy-sean-grayson-charged-murder-sonya-massey/15069851/ |website=ABC 7 Chicago |date=July 19, 2024 |publisher=ABC Owned Television Stations |access-date=20 July 2024}}
• In October 2024, Crump began representing the family of Amber Thurman following her 2022 death at Georgia's Piedmont Henry Hospital.{{Cite web |title=Attorney Ben Crump and Family of Amber Thurman to Demand Justice, Address Maternal Health Crisis in Georgia |url=https://bencrump.com/press/attorney-ben-crump-and-family-of-amber-thurman-to-demand-justice-address-maternal-health-crisis-in-georgia/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Ben Crump |language=en}} Thurman obtained abortion pills while in North Carolina, and upon returning to Georgia, Thurman experienced complications from remaining fetal tissue.{{Cite web |title=Attorney Ben Crump Represents The Family Of Amber Thurman |url=https://bencrump.com/press/attorney-ben-crump-retained-by-family-of-amber-thurman-black-mother-who-died-after-being-denied-urgent-care-under-georgias-abortion-ban/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=Ben Crump |language=en}} Though recent Georgia law criminalized with few exceptions the life-saving treatment that Thurman needed, doctors still waited 20 hours to begin a surgical intervention, but by then, it was too late.{{Cite web |last=Surana |first=Kavitha |date=2024-09-16 |title=Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother's Death Was Preventable. |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-abortion-ban-amber-thurman-death |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=ProPublica |language=en}} Later ProPublica investigations stated that Thurman's death was "preventable." A Georgia judge later struck down the state’s 6-week abortion ban.{{Cite web |last=staff |first=Atlanta News First |date=2024-10-01 |title=Amber Thurman's family speaks out after Georgia judge strikes down 6-week abortion ban |url=https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2024/10/01/watch-live-amber-thurmans-family-speaks-out-after-georgia-judge-strikes-down-6-week-abortion-ban/ |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=atlantanewsfirst.com |language=en}} In the wake of this decision, Vice President Kamala Harris said "[Amber Thurman] should be alive today."
• In November 2024, the family of Botham Jean received a $98.65 million jury verdict in a federal civil lawsuit against former Dallas police officer Amber Guyer.{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |date=2024-11-21 |title=Nearly $100 million awarded to the family of a man fatally shot in his apartment by an officer |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/us/botham-jean-amber-guyger-civil-trial-award/index.html |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=CNN |language=en}} Botham Jean was killed in his apartment in 2018 when Guyer, who was off-duty, "mistook" his apartment for her own, despite Jean's apartment being one floor above her own. Guyer entered Jean's apartment and shot and killed him while Jean was eating a bowl of ice cream on his couch. Guyer was charged with murder in 2019. Crump, who led the effort for the nearly 100 million dollar verdict, said, "This verdict stands as a powerful testament to Botham’s life and the profound injustice of his death. This case laid bare critical issues of racial bias and police accountability that cannot be ignored. Today’s verdict sends a clear message that law enforcement officers who commit crimes cannot be insulated from the consequences of their actions."{{Cite web |title=Dallas Jury Awards $98.65M in Botham Jean Killing by Dallas Officer |url=https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2024/11/21/dallas-jury-awards-9865m-in-botham-jean-killing-by-dallas-officer/?slreturn=20241125145017 |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Texas Lawyer |language=en}}
• In December 2024, the family of Tyre Sampson received a $310 million jury verdict.{{Cite news |last=Bekiempis |first=Victoria |date=2024-12-06 |title=Jury awards $310m to family of US teen who fell to death at amusement park |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/06/tyre-sampson-verdict-free-fall-ride |access-date=2024-12-20 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} 14-year-old Sampson died in 2022 after a fall from an amusement park ride at Icon Park in Orlando, Florida.

• In the wake of the Southern California wildfires, Crump was retained by the family of Evelyn Cathirell, a woman who died in the Eaton fire in Altadena.{{Cite web |title=Ben Crump Files First Wrongful Death Suit Over Los Angeles Wildfires |url=https://www.law.com/therecorder/2025/01/16/ben-crump-files-first-wrongful-death-suit-over-los-angeles-wildfires/?slreturn=20250117165124 |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=The Recorder |language=en}} The wrongful death suit (the first one filed in response to the fires) was filed on January 15, 2025 against Southern California Edison, a utility company, for allegedly failing to “de-energize all its transmission towers” or clear vegetation before the anticipated winds hit Eaton.
• In January 2025, Crump was retained by the family of Chelsea Adolphus, a woman who died at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, IL.{{Cite web |last=Molina |first=Tara |date=2025-01-27 |title=Family of woman who died after being found on hospital roof in Waukegan demand answers - CBS Chicago |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/family-demand-answers-woman-dies-found-hospital-roof-waukegan/ |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}} Adolphus was admitted to Vista Medical Center East on January 22, and very soonafter was found unresponsive on the rooftop of the hospital. She was pronounced dead around 11:00 p.m. on January 23. The Lake County Coroner's found that the preliminary cause of death was hypothermia.
• In May 2025, Crump helped to secured a $4 billion settlement from Los Angeles County to compensate generations of child sex abuse victims.{{Cite news |last=Hubler |first=Shawn |date=2025-04-04 |title=Los Angeles County Plans to Pay $4 Billion to Settle Sex Abuse Claims |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/la-county-sex-abuse-claims-settlement.html |access-date=2025-05-02 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} The 6,800 victims were in Los Angeles County-run foster care homes or juvenile facilities with abuse occurring as far back as 1959. The settlement is one of the largest of its kind, surpassing the $2.4 billion proposed settlement for a suit brought against the Boy Scouts of America for 80,000 plaintiffs.{{Cite web |title=L.A. County Approves $4 Billion Settlement in Juvenile Sex Abuse Cases |url=https://www.bet.com/article/gnvdri/la-county-approves-4-billion-settlement-in-juvenile-sex-abuse-cases |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=BET |language=en}}

In 2021, Crump and Christopher Seeger announced that they would be representing members of the family of Henrietta Lacks in a lawsuit against several pharmaceutical companies that have profited from the cell line HeLa, which is based on cervical cancer cells taken from Lacks without her knowledge in 1951,{{Cite journal |date=6 August 2021 |title=Lack's family to sue over cells |journal=Science |volume=373 |issue=6555 |pages=602}} when it was not illegal to do so. The family of Lacks came to a confidential settlement with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. in July 2023.{{cite news |last1=Skene |first1=Lea |date=August 1, 2023 |title=Henrietta Lacks' family settles lawsuit with a biotech company that used her cells without consent |url=https://apnews.com/article/henrietta-lacks-hela-cells-thermo-fisher-scientific-bfba4a6c10396efa34c9b79a544f0729 |access-date=8 December 2023 |work=AP News}}

In November 2024, Crump filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the family of Malcolm X, a preeminent black civil rights leader in the 20th century, who was assassinated in 1965.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-15 |title=The daughters of Malcolm X sue the CIA, FBI, and NYPD over the civil rights leader's assassination |url=https://apnews.com/article/malcolmx-daughters-death-lawsuit-682c71e26cbeaf293d0ea783999c0c5e |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=AP News |language=en}}

The 100 Million Dollar lawsuit accuses the FBI, CIA and New York Police Department of conspiring and failing to intervene in his assassination plot. The lawsuit alleges an "unconstitutional" relationship between the killers and law enforcement. The NYPD intentionally removed their officers from the Audubon Ballroom the day that Malcolm X was killed. The FBI agents who were in the ballroom failed to intervene in the assassination. During a press conference on November 15, Crump said that he hoped that law enforcement would "learn all the dastardly deeds that were done by their predecessors and try to right these historic wrongs."{{Cite web |title='Dastardly deeds': Family of Malcolm X sues US agencies over assassination |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/16/dastardly-deeds-family-of-malcolm-x-sues-us-agencies-over-assassination |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}

Crump has been vocal about issues of racial equality, police brutality, and police reform, among others.{{Cite web |title=Take Action with Ben Crump |url=https://action.bencrump.com |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Take Action with Ben Crump |language=en-US}} He testified before Congress regarding policing practices and police accountability, advocating for mandatory police body cameras, the outlaw of chokehold and stranglehold, and for changes to the qualified immunity standard.{{Cite web |title=Oversight Hearing on Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability |url=https://www.congress.gov/event/116th-congress/house-event/110775 |website=Congress.gov}}

In the final scene of the 2017 movie Marshall, Benjamin Crump appears as civil rights attorney Z. Alexander Looby welcoming Thurgood Marshall (played by Chadwick Boseman) at a Mississippi train station. He is accompanied by Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, the parents of Trayvon Martin, who appear as the parents of the 14yr old Mississippi boy Thurgood Marshall is there to represent.

In April 2017, Crump appeared as himself on the American reality prime-time court show You the Jury. Later, in December 2017, Crump investigated the murder of Tupac Shakur in the television documentary series Who Killed Tupac? The show narrates an investigation led by Crump, who works with Tupac's brother, Mopreme Shakur.{{cite news|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-reg-who-killed-tupac-attorney-benjamin-crump-20171121-story.html|title=Who killed Tupac Shakur? Florida attorney investigates in A&E series|last=Clarkson|first=Brett|work=Sun-Sentinel.com|date=November 21, 2017|access-date=June 25, 2018|language=en-US}}

In 2018, Crump hosted a documentary television series on TV One called Evidence of Innocence.[https://shadowandact.com/tv-one-announces-new-original-documentary-series-evidence-of-innocence-hosted-by-attorney-benjamin-crump/ "TV One Announces New Original Documentary Series 'Evidence of Innocence,' Hosted by Attorney Benjamin Crump"], shadowandact.com, April 26, 2017. The show focused on people who served at least a decade behind bars after being wrongfully convicted of a crime. Crump hoped to "impact the larger society about these larger matters so they can be aware when they go into the courtroom as jurors."{{Cite news|url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/money/2018/06/04/civil-rights-activist-ben-crump-hosts-new-television-series-evidence-innocence/669900002/|title=Civil-rights attorney Ben Crump hosts new television series 'Evidence of Innocence' tonight|first=TaMaryn |last=Waters |work=Tallahassee Democrat|date=December 11, 2019|access-date=June 25, 2018|language=en}}

On June 19, 2022, Netflix commemorated Juneteenth with the release of Civil: Ben Crump. A Netflix original, the documentary film is produced by Kenya Barris and directed by Nadia Hallgren.{{Cite web |last=Major |first=Derek |date=May 23, 2022 |title=CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP'S DOCUMENTARY, 'CIVIL,' TO HIT NETFLIX ON JUNETEENTH |url=https://www.blackenterprise.com/civil-rights-attorney-ben-crumps-civil-documentary-to-hit-tribeca-film-festival-netflix/ |website=Black Enterprise}} In July 2023, Civil was nominated for an Emmy Award.{{cite web |url=https://theemmys.tv/news-44th-nominations/ |title=The 44th News & Documentary Nominations – the Emmys |access-date=July 28, 2023 |archive-date=December 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201173301/https://theemmys.tv/news-44th-nominations/ |url-status=dead }}

On January 30, 2023, Crump appeared on the late-night talk show The Daily Show to discuss the Tyre Nichols murder case.{{cite web | url=https://blackamericaweb.com/2023/01/31/dl-hughley-ben-crump-daily-show-police-america/ | title=D.L. Hughley on the Daily Show: Ben Crump "The Problem with Policing in America" | date=January 31, 2023 }}

In 2024, Crump produced the 35-minute film “How to Sue the Klan.”{{Cite web |date=2024-02-10 |title='Celebrate the victory': Five Chattanooga women who fought KKK in landmark case honored at documentary premiere {{!}} Chattanooga Times Free Press |url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2024/feb/10/celebrate-the-victory-five-chattanooga-women-who/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=www.timesfreepress.com |language=en}} The film covers the 1980 Ku Klux Klan shooting of five black women in Chattanooga, Tennessee.{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.thecivilcase.com |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=How to Sue the Klan |language=en}} Two of the men involved in the shooting were acquitted, and a third man was sentenced to nine months in prison, but got out in six. After public outcry, the Center for Constitutional Rights picked up the case and filed a federal civil lawsuit. The court awarded $1.5 million (adjusted for inflation) to the five women, and the verdict included an injunction against all Klan activities in the city of Chattanooga. How to Sue the Klan premiered on February 9, 2024 at the Walker Theatre in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was met with critical acclaim, and went on to win best short documentary at the Harlem International Film Festival, best documentary short at the Roxbury International Film Festival, and best documentary at the NC Black Film Festival. In Febryary 2025, the film won an NAACP Image Award.{{Cite web |last=Patterson |first=Shay |date=2025-02-19 |title=Chattanooga documentary "How to Sue the Klan" wins NAACP award |url=https://www.local3news.com/local-news/chattanooga-documentary-how-to-sue-the-klan-wins-naacp-award/article_6b8b35d0-eee6-11ef-9dbe-bba78bd9a037.html |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Local3News.com |language=en}}

Crump was included on the Time 100, Time{{'}}s annual list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2021.{{cite web |last1=Waters |first1=TaMaryn |title=Attorney Ben Crump named in TIME Magazine's 2021 list of world's most influential people |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/money/2021/09/17/ben-crump-named-2021-time-100-list-worlds-most-influential-people/8360897002/ |website=Tallahassee Democrat |access-date=November 10, 2021 |language=en |date=September 17, 2021}} Lawyers of Distinction named Crump their 2021 Lawyer of the Year.{{cite web |title=Lawyers of Distinction Names Benjamin L. Crump, Esq. '2021 Lawyer of the Year' |url=https://www.lawyersofdistinction.com/lawyers-of-distinction-names-benjamin-crump-esq-2021-lawyer-of-the-year/ |website=Lawyers of Distinction|date=September 29, 2021 }}

In 2020, Lawyers of Color named Crump the #1 Most Influential Black Lawyer of the Decade.

St. Thomas University in Florida renamed their College of Law after Crump in 2023. Benjamin L. Crump College of Law is the only law school in the country named after a currently practicing African American lawyer and the second in the country to be named after an African American.{{cite web |last1=Lugo |first1=Alexander |title=St. Thomas University Renames Law School After Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump |url=https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2023/02/08/st-thomas-university-renames-law-school-after-civil-rights-attorney-ben-crump/?slreturn=20240306132648#:~:text=Miami's%20St.,of%20George%20Floyd%2C%20among%20others. |website=Law.com}}

In 2023, Crump was awarded the Social Impact Award at the NAACP Image Awards. Crump said In his acceptance speech, "I accept this award as greater motivation to continue to be an unapologetic defender of Black life, Black liberty, and Black humanity.”{{Cite web |last=Boyette |first=Chris |date=2023-02-26 |title=Benjamin Crump wins NAACP Social Justice Impact Award and vows 'never to stop fighting racism and discrimination' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/26/us/benjamin-crump-naacp-social-justice-impact-award-reaj/index.html#:~:text=By%20Chris%20Boyette,%20CNN,Black%20humanity,%E2%80%9D%20he%20said. |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=CNN |language=en}}

In 2024, Crump was included in Forbes' inaugural list of America's Top 200 Lawyers.{{cite web |last1=Jackson |first1=Liane |title=Meet America's Top 100 Lawyers |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lianejackson/2024/03/26/meet-americas-top-200-lawyers-2024/ |website=Forbes}} Crump is one of the seven black lawyers included on the list.{{cite web |last1=Jackson |first1=Liane |title=America's Top 200 Lawyers |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/top-lawyers/?sh=17b005dd34a9 |website=Forbes}} Forbes describes the list as a culmination of lawyers "with a reputation for integrity [and a] record of excellence."

Crump authored Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People in 2019. It was published by HarperCollins Publishers.

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• Crump, Benjamin L. "Ben Crump — the Man Who Represented the Families of Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, and Tamir Rice — Will Not Stop Fighting for Justice."{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/NowThisNews/videos/2015577608532353/|title=NowThis|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=July 12, 2018}} NowThis, June 24, 2018.
• Crump, Benjamin L. "Every Black Person Has Had A 'Starbucks Moment'".{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-crump-hotel-racism_us_5ada31c2e4b04090e551f550|title=Every Black Person Has Had A 'Starbucks Moment'|last=Crump|first=Benjamin|date=April 21, 2018|work=HuffPost|access-date=June 25, 2018}} HuffPost, April 21, 2018.
• Crump, Benjamin L. "After Stephon Clark's Death, Shock and Mourning in Communities across the Nation."{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/spotlight/2018/03/29/stephon-clark-death-funeral-ben-crump/471822002/|title=After Stephon Clark's death, shock and mourning in communities across the nation|last=Crump|first=Benjamin|date=March 29, 2018|work=USA Today}} USA Today, March 29, 2018.
• Crump, Benjamin L. "Stand Your Ground Is a License to Kill. Repeal It.{{cite news|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article198553554.html|title=Stand Your Ground is a license to Kill. Repeal it|last=Crump|first=Benjamin|date=February 5, 2018|work=Miami Herald|access-date=June 25, 2018}}" Miami Herald, February 5, 2018.
• Crump, Benjamin L. "Libyan Slave Trade Perpetuates The Commodification of Black Bodies.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/libyan-slave-trade-commodification_us_5a4f96a8e4b089e14dba6860?h8f|title=Libyan Slave Trade Perpetuates The Commodification of Black Bodies|last=Crump|first=Benjamin|date=January 5, 2018|work=HuffPost|access-date=June 25, 2018}}" HuffPost, January 5, 2018.
• Crump, Benjamin L. "Civil Rights Resolutions for a Better America in 2018".{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/02/opinions/civil-rights-resolutions-for-us-2018-ben-crump-opinion/index.html|title=Civil rights resolutions for a better America in 2018|last=Crump|first=Benjamin|date=January 2, 2018|access-date=June 25, 2018}} CNN, January 2, 2018.
• Crump, Benjamin L. "The Unsolved Murder of Tupac Shakur Speaks To The Black Male's Experience Nationwide".{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tupac-shakur-speaks-to-black-male-experience_us_5a371f49e4b0ff955ad4343d|title=The Unsolved Murder Of Tupac Shakur Speaks To The Black Male's Experience Nationwide|last=Crump|first=Benjamin|date=December 17, 2017|work=HuffPost|access-date=June 25, 2018}} HuffPost, December 12, 2017.
• Crump, Benjamin L. "Trump's Response To Charlottesville Was Far Too Little And Way Too Late.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trumps-charlottesville-far-too-little-too-late_us_59935283e4b0e789a94761e5|title=Trump's Response To Charlottesville was Fra Too Little And Way Too Late|last=Crump|first=Benjamin|date=August 15, 2017|work=HuffPost|access-date=June 25, 2018}}" HuffPost, August 15, 2017.
• Crump, Benjamin L. "Only A Just America Will Be A Truly Great America".{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/only-a-just-america-will-be-a-truly-great-america_us_5879406ce4b0b3c7a7b15650|title=Only A Just America Will Be A Truly Great America|last=Crump|first=Benjamin|date=January 15, 2017|work=HuffPost|access-date=June 25, 2018}} HuffPost, January 15, 2017.
• Crump, Benjamin L. "Benjamin Crump: Seven Deaths Cannot Be In Vain".{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4398329/alton-sterling-philando-castile-dallas-police-justice/|title=Benjamin Crump: Seven Deaths Cannot Be In Vain|last=Crump|first=Benjamin|date=July 8, 2016|magazine=TIME|access-date=June 25, 2018}} TIME, July 8, 2016.
• {{cite magazine |author=Crump, Benjamin |date=April 20, 2015 |title=Will America now challenge the standard police narrative? |department=United States. Crime |magazine=Time |edition=South Pacific |volume=185 |issue=14 |pages=22}}

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