Attorney Ben Crump

This segment of Access Houston welcomes civil rights attorney, Ben Crump. Ben and I talk about a lot of things including the state of our community as minorities, the Mike Brown, Trayvon Martin, & Sandra Bland cases, social justice, and his new book, ‘Open Season.’ Thank you for watching and listening!

In an email interview, Solomon-Simmons condemned the Oklahoma Department of Corrections for denying his team access to Holtzclaw, but granting access to 20/20. In February, a spokesman refused to disclose his whereabouts to NewsOne, saying it's common practice for the department to conceal the whereabouts of high-profile prisoners for their protection.

Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell says that the people should have a voice in who selects the next U.S. Supreme Court Justice, but when he encourages the Senate Judiciary Committee to refuse to hold hearings on any nominee put forth by Barack Obama, he ignores the will of the people who twice elected him president of the United States.