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Brooklyn By the Book: Ben Crump presents Open Season

October 16, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Civil Rights attorney Ben Crump joins us at CBE to present his new book, Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People.

The president of the National Bar Association and one of the most distinguished civil rights attorneys working today, Ben Crump 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.

Ben Crump firmly believes in the Constitution and its legal protections—that civil rights covers all Americans, not just those privileged by race, wealth, or pedigree. A fierce and passionate advocate, he has devoted his career to fighting for justice for America’s marginalized. Open Season is his inspiring journey working on some of the most egregious cases that have shocked the nation, including those of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown.

Shaped by his first-hand experience handling civil litigation matters in state and federal courts throughout the country, Open Season reveals the often hidden and systemic injustices minorities face, and illuminates how discrimination in the courthouse devastates real families and communities. Chronicling some of his most memorable legal battles, this brilliant litigator shockingly makes clear how our system is devised for certain people to lose and others to win, and, using evidence and facts, exposes how it is legal to harm—with the intent to destroy—people of color.

Crump offers a cogent analysis of legal tenets, including the 13th Amendment, the 1951 Genocide Petition to the United Nations, and controversial Stand Your Ground laws. He compares how race detrimentally influences sentencing, and reveals how police unions protect officers who shoot unarmed civilians. He also makes clear how budget cuts for education, the proliferation of guns, and high unemployment rates all directly contribute to higher crime rates.

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Date:
October 16, 2019
Time:
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Organizer

Congregation Beth Elohim
Email:
info@cbebk.org

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Congregation Beth Elohim
274 Garfield Place
Brooklyn, NY 11215 United States
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Phone:
(718) 768-3814