Brown’s Lawyer On Grand Jury Decision: ‘This Process Is Broken’

Benjamin Crump, attorney for Trayvon Martin's family, speaks during the National Urban League's annual conference, Friday, July 26, 2013, in Philadelphia. About 6,000 people are attending the conference at the Pennsy... Benjamin Crump, attorney for Trayvon Martin's family, speaks during the National Urban League's annual conference, Friday, July 26, 2013, in Philadelphia. About 6,000 people are attending the conference at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, which began Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) MORE LESS
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One of the lawyers for Michael Brown’s family, Benjamin Crump, on Tuesday criticized the indictment process and the St. Louis County grand jury’s decision not to charge Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.

“This process is broken,” he said during a press conference.

Crump said that he objected to Prosecutor Bob McCulloch when he was first chosen to handle the case and reiterated on Tuesday that he felt the process was “completely unfair.”

“We could foresee what the outcome was going to be, and that’s exactly what occurred last night,” he said.

Crump added that he felt a first year law student would have done a better job cross-examining Wilson than McCulloch did.

He said that the process for charging officers in on-duty shootings needs to change because “it continues to yield the same results.”

“We know that our children deserve equal justice,” he said.

At the end of his statement, Crump called for legislation requiring police officers to wear body cameras while on duty.

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