{"id":27730,"date":"2022-01-14T07:13:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T07:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/?p=27730"},"modified":"2022-01-14T07:13:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T07:13:57","slug":"attorney-ben-crump-family-of-jason-walker-hold-rally-for-justice-in-fayetteville-wral-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/14\/attorney-ben-crump-family-of-jason-walker-hold-rally-for-justice-in-fayetteville-wral-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney Ben Crump, family of Jason Walker hold rally for justice in Fayetteville :: WRAL.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">By     Matt Talhelm, WRAL reporter<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dateline\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/news-near-me\/13696752\/?map_asset_id=20077609\" rel=\"noopener\">Fayetteville, N.C.<\/a><\/span> \u2014 High-profile Attorney Ben Crump spoke to a crowd in Fayetteville Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let them know Jason Walker matters,&#8221; said Crump, beginning a chant.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s representing the family of Jason Walker <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/judge-signs-off-on-release-of-bodycam-video-in-shooting-death-of-jason-walker-by-off-duty-cumberland-deputy\/20075356\/\" rel=\"noopener\">who was killed by an off-duty Sheriff&#8217;s Deputy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church, the church where Walker grew up, reached its capacity with COVID-19 protocols Thursday, about 100 people inside.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"20077105-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/attorney-ben-crump-family-of-jason-walker-hold-rally-in-fayetteville\/20077105\/?version=embedded_v2&amp;player_options=%257B%2522embedded_autoplay_next%2522%253Atrue%252C%2522embed_position%2522%253A%2522body%2522%252C%2522context_id%2522%253A%252220077609%2522%252C%2522tagname%2522%253A%2522embed%2522%252C%2522href%2522%253A%2522video-20077105%2522%252C%2522width%2522%253A%2522100%2525%2522%252C%2522height%2522%253A%2522auto%2522%252C%2522local_embed%2522%253A1%257D\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"wral-embedded-player\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; background-color: transparent; border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/html_validator_ignore --><\/p>\n<p>The Fayetteville community showed its support for Walker\u2019s family inside this <span class=\"nanospell-typo\">sanctuary, with<\/span> a message for police:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Justice for Jason Walker! Justice for Jason Walker!&#8221; chanted the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Crump has represented families in several high-profile cases involving killings by police &#8211; including George Floyd&#8217;s murder by an officer in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd&#8217;s brother and nephew were in Fayetteville Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>Walker was shot to death Saturday by off duty Cumberland County sheriff&#8217;s lieutenant Jeffrey Hash.<\/p>\n<p>Hash told police Walker ran out in front of his truck, jumped on it, ripped off a windshield wiper and started bashing the glass.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"20075636-iframe\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/what-black-box-data-could-reveal-about-fatal-fayetteville-shooting\/20075636\/?version=embedded_v2&amp;player_options=%257B%2522embedded_autoplay_next%2522%253Atrue%252C%2522embed_position%2522%253A%2522body%2522%252C%2522context_id%2522%253A%252220077609%2522%252C%2522tagname%2522%253A%2522embed%2522%252C%2522href%2522%253A%2522video-20075636%2522%252C%2522width%2522%253A%2522100%2525%2522%252C%2522height%2522%253A%2522auto%2522%252C%2522local_embed%2522%253A1%257D\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"wral-embedded-player\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; background-color: transparent; border: 0px none transparent; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/html_validator_ignore --><\/p>\n<p>People who say they witnessed this claim Hash hit Walker with his truck.<\/p>\n<p>Crump and Walker&#8217;s mother say they want answers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Be truthful. 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Give due process to Jason Walker&#8217;s family the same way you&#8217;d give to deputy Hash&#8217;s family had the roles been reversed,&#8221; said Crump<\/p>\n<p>Crump says Walker&#8217;s own mother doesn&#8217;t know how many times her son was shot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My prayer is there will be peace and most of all justice,&#8221; said Janice Walker.<\/p>\n<p>Crump said they will do an independent autopsy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-asset-callout\">\n<div><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/judge-signs-off-on-release-of-bodycam-video-in-shooting-death-of-jason-walker-by-off-duty-cumberland-deputy\/20075356\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcache.wral.com\/asset\/news\/local\/2022\/01\/12\/20075637\/146328-joe-DMID1-5tjdrx7b7-220x165.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"90\" alt=\"What &quot;black box&quot; data could reveal about fatal Fayetteville shooting\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fayetteville police plan to release body camera video from several officers who responded after the shooting.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related-assets g-full story-left\" id=\"more-on-this\">\n<h2 class=\"h-6\" style=\"margin:0px;\">More On This<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/attorney-ben-crump-family-of-jason-walker-hold-rally-for-justice-in-fayetteville\/20077609\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] By Matt Talhelm, WRAL reporter Fayetteville, N.C. \u2014 High-profile Attorney Ben Crump spoke to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cj-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27732,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27730\/revisions\/27732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}