. >> benjamin crump i want to bring you in here. there are so many questions and concerns and unanswered questions for this family knowing that he is in this field. the exact location not exactly known, not known for months where he is. and i asked for comment, i wonder when jackson police department and the coroner's office said cnn copies of the reports. the jackson mayor's office declined to comment. what are you asking for from authorities because many people have this question. what should've happened here and why wasn't it done correctly? >> well laura, as miss mary his mother told me in the attorney suite earlier, the news media first came out that said your son is buried behind the jail. said with identification. then it came to the next day and said when he has his identification that's how we knew the who was. it begs to question laura coates why can't they just notify these black families when they put them in a bag and drop them in the ground? we are seeking for the department of justice to open up an investigation to id

circum >> miss mary, mercedes, benjamin crump, thank you all for being here. so sorry this is what you're grappling with tonight. i'm very sorry for your r loss. ththank you soso much. >>>> thank youou. >> we'll be righght back. >>> well, a marvel movie star on trial, accused of violently assaulting his ex-girlfriend. actor jonathan majors plays a villain in marvel universe. >> i saw the chaos spreading. so i took control. and i will burn them out of time for what they've done to me. >> that's what monsters do. >> that's what conquerors do. >> but tonight, majors is accused in real life of assaulting hiss ex-girlfriend grace jabari last march in new york. he has pleaded not guilty to aggravated harassment and assault charges, and defense attorneys say jabari was in fact the aggressor, that she physically attacked majors. i want to dig in now with segun oduolowu, host of "boston globe" today. nice to see you again, my friend segun. there was alleged testimony from the victim today that the fight started when she saw a text message pop up on majors' phone that s

is the largest credit union, three law firms filed this suit including civil rights attorney benjamin crump's law firm. they filed it on sunday in federal court in virginia. they are arguing in this lawsuit that navy federal credit union uses discriminatory practices against black and latino borrowers. this, again, a direct result of cnn's investigation found that this credit union had the widest disparity of many of the major lending institutions when it came to who they approved and denied for these conventional mortgage loans. now, within this lawsuit, they say that navy federal's claims of community support are meaningless in the face of its actions, systemic discrimination in housing in violation of federal law. those are the words within this lawsuit. navy federal credit union. we reached out to them today in light of this, have not heard back from them yet. when we reported the story last week, they said they are committed to fair lending practices and another foot note coming out of d.c., representative waters calling for an investigation by federal regulators. >> rene, important jour

. -- >> reporter: this lawsuit, one of the attorneys behind it, a civil rights attorney benjamin crumpof several firms involved in this suit filed in federal court in virginia over the weekend. the lawsuit says that navy federal essentially violated federal housing discrimination laws. this class action is aiming to represent a wide range of potential plaintiffs. people and minorities who try to get a loan, anywhere from 2018 to present, who may have been denied. who may have gotten a higher interest rate than was normal compared to others. for others -- or perhaps the process was delayed or dragged out unusually long compared to other applicants. this lawsuit says, and i am quoting here, while describing its corporate values, maybe federal claims it champions the community, but the claims of community support are meaningless in the face of its actions. the systemic discrimination in housing in violation of federal laws. so strong words there. again, what they are alleging is that this credit union was discriminatory. we should point out that cnn's reporting showed these racial dispari

demanding accountability and jonathan hanken's mother gretchen joins me now along with attorney benjamin crump. thank you so much for being here. i cannot imagine what you have been going through. your son was missing for almost a year-and-a-half and you did what every loving mother would do. you put out missing posters, you called for help. you put it on facebook. you did everything you could to try to find him and then learned about what happened from reporters. what was it like learning that information from them? >> actually it was a year and seven months from the time i found out. i couldn't believe this reporter knew more than the county where i reported and jpd. it was a total shock. i was in disbelief. >> what were you told? >> i was told, he showed me a permission slip where he was dead to bury him in the pauper's grave and i thought, i told him i just didn't believe it. i said i have to see pictures. i just didn't believe him. so the next morning, my sister and i went up to the jackson police department and after a couple of hours, they scrambled up a picture. and showed me and it wa

jonathan hankins grandmother joins me now along with attorney benjamin crump.o much for being here this evening. i mean, i cannot imagine what you have been going through. your son was missing for almost a year and a half and you understand you did what every loving mother would do. you put up missing posters you called for help me put it on facebook you did anything you could to try and find where he was and then you learned about what happened from reporters what was that like learning that information from them? >> actually it was a year and seven months some of the time i found out i could not believe this reporter knew more than the county where i reported and gpt. they was a total shock. i was in disbelief. >> what were you told? >> i was told that, well, he showed me a permission slip where he was dead and to bear him in the grave. i thought, i told him i didn't believe it. i have to see, pictures i just did not believe it. so the next morning, my sister and i went up to the jackson police department, and after a couple hours they finally scrambled a pic

joining me now is civil rights attorney, my friend, my friend, my brother, benjamin l crump, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of the two plaintiffs. good evening my brother. good to talk to. what are you just get me started. get us started with the basis for the suit against navy federal credit union. >> our clients feel that they were discriminated against when they were denied their lone win in their opinion they had checked every box, charles coleman. they had a strong yet to income ratio. they had great credit scores. they had a long history of paying their mortgages on time. they did everything right. but yet they were still denied. and then when you just oppose that fact with the horrific statistics that were released by cnn that they approve 75% of the white citizens and less than 55%, and according to that study by cnn, it said even when black people head twice as much income as the potential white borrowers, who the approved, and so it is this whole fight for economic freedom, this fight that might luther king was fighting for at the end of his life to say that we not only have