Ben Crump to represent Pellerin and Blake families

(25 Aug 2020) Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is representing the family of Jacob Blake, the Black man shot several times while walking away from a Kenosha Police officer.   Anger over the shooting spilled into the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin for a second night Monday, with police again firing tear gas at hundreds of protesters who defied a curfew, threw bottles and shot fireworks at law enforcement guarding the courthouse. Protests were also held outside a Louisiana city hall Monday after being told they couldn't go in to file complaints about the way officials handled the fatal shooting of Trayford Pellerin. Crump, who also represents the Pellerin family, said he was grateful to protesters "for exercising their First Amendment constitutional rights to say that Jacob Blake's life matters." "Thank you for standing with these families who have have been devastated and need a voice right now more than ever," he said. The southeastern Wisconsin city became the nation's latest flashpoint in a summer of racial unrest after cellphone footage of police shooting Blake — apparently in the back, as he leaned into his SUV while his three children sat in the vehicle — circulated widely on social media Sunday. The 29-year-old was hospitalized in serious condition. Blake's father told the Chicago Sun-Times that his son was left paralyzed from the waist down. Blake's family has asked that demonstrations in response to his shooting remain peaceful. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...