POISONING FOR PROFIT: BEN CRUMP DEMANDS BLACK COMMUNITIES FIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM

The Black Enterprise reports:

Corporate polluters have treated Black and brown neighborhoods like dumping grounds for decades, banking on systemic neglect to cover their tracks. But waiting for corporate benevolence is a death sentence. It is time to make these toxic polluters pay through raw legal power and economic pressure.

It’s a case that underscores the significant compensation available when environmental negligence harms underserved communities. Ben Crump, founder and president of Ben Crump Law PLLC, negotiated a historic $626 million settlement for the victims of the Flint water crisis, marking one of the largest toxic water settlements in U.S. history.

— Black Enterprise

When corporations poison our water and air, a slap on the wrist is not enough. We need to bleed their bank accounts dry until Black lives matter more than their profit margins.