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MEDIA ALERT: Tomorrow at 10 a.m. ET, @AttorneyCrump and Harry Daniels will join William McNeil Jr., the Black man violently beaten by Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) officers in a now-viral video, as he speaks publicly for the first time at a news conference.

NEWS ALERT: @AttorneyCrump, attorneys Lonita Baker and Sam Aguiar have issued a statement in response to the sentencing of former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison, sentenced to 33 months in prison for violating Taylor’s civil rights during the deadly 2020 raid.

NEWS ALERT: @AttorneyCrump and Harry Daniels have been retained to represent William McNeil Jr., a 22-yo Black man who was violently assaulted by officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) during a traffic stop on February 19.

MEDIA ALERT: Tomorrow at 12 p.m. ET, @AttorneyCrump will deliver a call for justice during the funeral service for Saniyah Cheatham, who tragically died in NYPD custody on July 5, 2025.

NEWS ALERT: @AttorneyCrump, Lonita Baker, and Sam Aguiar respond to the DOJs recommendation that former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison serve only one day in prison after being convicted of violating Taylor’s civil rights during the 2020 raid that ended in her death.

MEDIA ALERT: Today at 12 p.m. CT, @AttorneyCrump, co-counsel, and the family of Jabari Peoples will hold a news conference. They will reveal the findings of an independent autopsy that was conducted

TIME CHANGE: Today at 12 p.m. ET, @AttorneyCrump will hold a news conference to announce that he is representing Thomasina Cheatham, the mother of 18-yo Saniyah Cheatham, who tragically died while in NYPD custody on July 5, 2025.

MEDIA ALERT: On Monday at 11 a.m. ET, @AttorneyCrump will hold a news conference with Thomasina Cheatham, the mother of 18-yo Saniyah Cheatham, who tragically died while in NYPD custody on July 5, 2025.

MEDIA ALERT: Tomorrow, @AttorneyCrump and co-counsel will hold a press conference to announce a lawsuit on behalf of those who tragically lost their lives or were injured in the catastrophic 2024 gangway bridge collapse in Sapelo Island, Georgia.

MEDIA ALERT: @AttorneyCrump is holding a press conference alongside the Barr family, a Pasadena household devastated by the Eaton Fire, to speak out about the life-threatening health consequences that followed the blaze and to announce a new lawsuit in the case.

NEWS ALERT: @AttorneyCrump and attorney Devon Jacob have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of Eboni Pouncy, a Black woman shot five times and permanently injured by Harris County (TX) Sheriff’s Deputies while she was lawfully inside her friend’s apartment in 2024.

NEWS ALERT: Today @AttorneyCrump issued a statement in response to the U.S. Department of Justice’s decision to withdraw from police-accountability agreements with the Minneapolis and Louisville police departments.

NEWS ALERT: Today @AttorneyCrump issued a statement in response to Mayor Eric Adams’ remarks during a powerful press conference commemorating the 100th birthday of Malcolm X.

MEDIA ALERT: @AttorneyCrump and Antonio Romanucci issued the following statement today after the Illinois House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 1953, also known as the Sonya Massey Bill, which now heads to Governor JB Pritzker for signature.

NEWS ALERT: @AttorneyCrump and Antonio Romanucci issued a statement in response to the verdicts reached in the state criminal trial of the officers involved in the death of Tyre Nichols.

NEWS ALERT: Today @AttorneyCrump announced a federal lawsuit on behalf of Chantimekki Fortson, mother of 23-year-old U.S. Airman Roger Fortson, who was tragically shot and killed by an Okaloosa County (FL) deputy in his own apartment on May 3, 2024.
MEDIA ALERT: Tomorrow at 1:15 PM CT, @AttorneyCrump will announce the filing of a federal civil rights lawsuit on behalf of the family of 23-yo U.S. Airman Roger Fortson, fatally shot in his own apartment by an Okaloosa County deputy on May 3, 2024.

NEWS ALERT: @AttorneyCrump and Antonio Romanucci, who represent the family of Tyre Nichols, have issued the following statement as the state trial begins Monday for the former Memphis police officers charged in Tyre's fatal beating:

MEDIA ALERT: @AttorneyCrump will travel to Ghana from April 24–29, 2025, leading a high-level delegation focused on advancing Pan-African unity, diaspora collaboration, global justice initiatives and celebrate of Ambassador Erieka Bennett’s 75th birthday.


MEDIA ALERT: Tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. ET, @AttorneyCrump, co-counsel Troy Jones, and the family of Daevon Montez Saint-Germain, will hold a press conference to demand justice for Daevon, an 18-year-old Black high school student, killed during a SWAT raid.
