Saturday, May 23, 2015 | news
On May 19, LDF submitted a statement containing recommendations on police strategies for the House Judiciary Committee hearing on “Policing Strategies for the 21st Century,” to address the waning public trust in the police (mostly within communities of color). This lack of trust is largely due to this country’s history of racial discrimination, the spate of fatal shootings […]
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | news
In advance of a public hearing on April 20, 2023, LDF sent a letter opposing S.B. 7050, a harmful voting bill that would likely diminish the voting rights of voters of color in Florida. S.B. 7050 builds on a harmful elections bill passed last year that established the “Office of Election Crimes and Security,” a […]
Monday, October 25, 2021 | news
On October 25, 2021, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) submitted a letter and an updated redistricting map—Appendix C— to the Waller County, Texas Commissioner’s Court. LDF previously sent a letter and proposed redistricting maps to the Court on October 19. The new map submitted on October 25 places all incumbents within […]
Thursday, October 28, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, and the Limestone County Branch of the NAACP sent a second letter and a proposed redistricting plan (Appendix A) to the Limestone County, Alabama Commission. The letter sent today provides additional information to the previous letter the groups […]
Tuesday, February 22, 2022 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Rights Behind Bars submitted an appellate response brief on behalf of David Getzen, who was twice electrocuted with a taser and pepper-sprayed by Deputy Joseph Long of the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office. Mr. Getzen was sitting down on the bathroom floor of the apartment […]
Monday, June 26, 2023 | news
Today, LDF and Allen v. Milligan plaintiffs submitted a remedial redistricting plan following the Supreme Court’s decision in Milligan. In affirming the three-judge district court’s preliminary injunction against HB1, the Supreme Court upheld the district court’s findings that “Black Alabamians enjoy virtually zero success in statewide elections; that political campaigns in Alabama had been characterized by overt or […]
Tuesday, October 19, 2021 | news
On October 19, 2021, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent a letter to members of the Waller County, Texas Commissioners Court regarding their obligation to comply with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution during the 2021 redistricting cycle. Specifically, the Commissioners Court […]
Monday, January 10, 2022 | news
Today, LDF and coalition partners sent a letter to Louisiana state House and Senate Governmental Affairs Committees urging the legislature to adopt a redistricting map for the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Over one dozen civil rights, voting rights, and education […]
Thursday, March 30, 2023 | news
On March 30, 2023, LDF submitted recommendations to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in response to Section 1 of Exec. Order 14074. The recommendations outline the kinds of data that should be more rigorously collected in order to advance the goal of racial justice in public safety. LDF calls on […]
Monday, September 19, 2016 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), submitted a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) recommending changes to policing in Baltimore. This letter comes days after LDF and others hosted a town hall meeting during which dozens of residents shared publicly their solutions to […]
