Updates are still coming in regarding Roger Fortson, the airman who was killed in a deputy-involved shooting on Friday, May 3 in Fort Walton Beach. Following the recent release of the body camera footage from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, national civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the Fortson family, said the new evidence only supports […]
Tallahassee has its share of strong, successful women — and a special one is Edith Pauline Young Crump — a pioneer and pillar of strength who has blazed a bright trail for 100 years in the Tallahassee-Leon County community. Born 100 years ago, and halfway to Tallahassee’s bicentennial, Edith Pauline Young Crump was born in Tallahassee on […]
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is calling for an investigation after 215 bodies were found buried in a cemetery behind a Mississippi jail. The Chicago Crusader reports the remains were discovered in a pauper’s cemetery behind the Hinds County, Mississippi jail. The gravesites are reportedly marked with merely a metal rod and number. Following the […]