Ben Crump shows Black Lives Matter protester support after Miami arrest

Video contradicts officer's claim against protester

MIAMI ā€“ Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump accused Miami police officers on Thursday of targeting Noura Fahmy for her work as a protest organizer.

The video showing Noura Fahmyā€™s arrest on Wednesday contradicted the officerā€™s account in the arrest report. The video shows Fahmy was on the sidewalk walking along Biscayne Boulevard.

ā€œShe was walking with her signs & officers arrested her,ā€ Crump wrote on Twitter. ā€œPolice canā€™t stop you from peacefully protesting. This is harassment and a violation of First Amendment rights!ā€

The officer reported she was refusing to move to the sidewalk and was blocking traffic on Biscayne Boulevard when she was arrested.

Fahmy disputes the officerā€™s claim: Fahmy ā€œdid not move, at which time she was given a lawful command to move to the sidewalk in which she still willfully refused and continued to walk down the street.ā€


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