Ben Crump
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English
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The president of the National Bar Association and one of the most distinguished civil rights attorneys working today reflects on the landmark cases he has battled—including representing Trayvon Martin's family—and offers a disturbing look at how the justice system is used to promote injustice in this memoir and clarion call as shocking and important as the bestsellers Just Mercy and Slavery by Another Name and Ava DuVernay's film 13th.
Benjamin
...Author
Language
English
Description
"In the American consciousness, Botham Jean's story begins on a fateful late summer night as a young man--a life on the precipice of a future of promise and ambition--is reclining on his sofa eating ice cream in his apartment. The evening is interrupted when a Dallas Police Officer suddenly enters the apartment mistaking it for her own. A gun is drawn and pointed at Botham. The trigger is pulled, a shot fired, and a bullet takes Botham's young life....