Tuesday, October 24, 2017 | news
The agency also denied a similar FOIA request from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, said Monique Dixon, deputy director of policy at the New York-based civil rights organization. “We’re encouraging folks in North Charleston to pressure city officials to ask for the report,” she said. “If they really want that document, the officials can push […]
Friday, March 9, 2018 | news
Last year a Baltimore school police officer pled guilty to assault charges for slapping and kicking a 16-year-old student. In 2015, another school police officer pled guilty to assault charges after walloping an unarmed middle school on the forehead with a baton and pepper spraying two other girls. These examples of excessive force demonstrate a […]
Monday, August 8, 2011 | news
Listen to LDF’s Matt Cregor discussing school discipline on NPR’s Talk of the Nation.
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 | news
I wasn’t prepared to hear the news that Michael Slager, the police officer who shot and killed Walter Scott, would have to spend 20 years in prison for depriving him of his civil rights. His sentencing in federal court last month was unusual at best. As we’ve seen time and again, even the most egregious […]
Monday, March 19, 2018 | news
By: Marne Lenox Source: Refinery29 I was a high school student at the time of the Columbine shooting, and I vividly recall the feelings of shock and sadness I experienced in the days following the tragedy. Given the powerlessness I felt as a teenager in the aftermath of Columbine, I am in awe of […]
Thursday, August 9, 2018 | news
By: Marne Lenox Source: New York Daily News Related Case or Issue: NYPD’s “Gang” Policing Tactics The NYPD’s gang database leaves thousands of New Yorkers of color vulnerable to heightened police harassment or scrutiny, and it’s unclear whether the NYPD has any legitimate reason for targeting them. At a time when the department claims […]
Thursday, August 8, 2019 | news
Source: Blavity We are beyond the days when Black voters had to jump through blatantly racist hoops at the polls, such as reciting the entire constitution, meeting morality character requirements, or proving that our grandfathers had the right to vote. Now voter restriction is much more subtle, yet just as pervasive and effective. Take for […]
Friday, June 8, 2018 | news
By: Errol Louis Source: NY1 Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign LDF Senior Community Organizer Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele and Brooklyn Historical Society’s Julie Golia join Errol Louis to discuss the death of Arthur Miller Jr., who died at the hands of police officers in 1978, and reflect on how it sparked a generation of activists.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 | news
Our legal system often must determine the monetary value of a person’s life to assess damages owed. To make this determination, usually after serious injury or death, our system calls upon forensic economists, experts used to help calculate the incalculable. Many forensic economists take the victim’s race, ethnicity or gender into account when calculating what […]
Thursday, May 2, 2019 | news
Yesterday, Texas Lawyer published an article reporting on the confirmation of judicial nominee J. Campbell Barker to the Eastern District of Texas. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) Director of Policy Lisa Cylar Barrett was quoted in the piece saying, “Barker’s record is … rife with efforts to thwart racial justice, including defending Texas’ […]
