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Who is Ben Crump? The renowned civil rights attorney representing William McNeil

Crump has been dubbed "Black America's attorney general" by civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton. Here's what to know about ...

‘I was scared:’ William McNeil Jr. talks about his arrest beside Ben Crump-led legal team

Standing with civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Harry Daniels, William McNeil Jr. spoke publicly for the first time since ...

Ben Crump on Breonna Taylor, William McNeil, Saniyah Cheatham & Demand to Release Malcolm X Files

We speak to civil rights lawyer Ben Crump about the ongoing epidemic of anti-Black police violence and impunity for law ...

William McNeil: The Florida Student Assaulted By Police Speaks Out

William McNeil talks about the fear he experienced during the Feb. 19, Florida traffic stop that led to his assault.

Video shows Florida deputies punching and dragging a Black man from his car

The footage shows that William McNeil Jr., 22, was sitting in the driver's seat, asking to speak to the Jacksonville deputies ...

Ben Crump joins legal team for Livingstone College student in viral arrest case

Livingstone College student William McNeil Jr. was injured in a Jacksonville traffic stop. His legal team demands the officer ...

Man punched by Florida cop in viral video is NC college student

Anthony Davis, the Livingstone College president, made a statement supporting William McNeil Jr., a biology major at the ...

State Attorney’s Office reviewed viral arrest video before choosing not to criminally charge officer

The state attorney's office says it did review McNeil's cell phone video of the traffic stop before deciding to clear the ...

Attorneys: William McNeil Jr. to speak Wednesday about officer beating captured on viral video

Attorneys for William McNeil Jr., 22, say he’ll be joined by family and community members for a news conference Wednesday ...