Saturday, August 12, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Violent White Supremacist Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia Today, heavily-armed white supremacists gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia for a “Unite the Right” rally, which quickly turned violent and caused Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to declare a state of emergency. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel […]
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 | news
(Washington, DC) – The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund (LDF) deplores today’s shocking video showing a police officer violently assaulting and removing a student from a public school classroom in Columbia, South Carolina. While more details emerge about this troubling video, what is clear is that it shows a disturbing and violent interaction between […]
Wednesday, August 23, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. LDF Statement on the U.S. Department of Justice’s Decision Not to Charge NYPD Officers for Killing Mohamed Bah Yesterday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that federal charges will not be filed against New York Police Officers Edwin Mateo, Andrew Kress, and Michael Green for the September 2012 shooting […]
Thursday, March 10, 2016 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is profoundly disappointed by the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision not to convene a grand jury to consider the police shooting death of Ramarley Graham, an 18-year-old unarmed African American man. In 2012, New York City police officer Richard Haste fatally shot Mr. Graham in front of his grandmother and 6-year-old brother. […]
Thursday, July 23, 2020 | news
Today, Lisa Cylar Barrett, Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s announcement eliminating the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule: “The Trump administration’s decision to eradicate the 2015 affirmatively furthering fair housing rule is an […]
Tuesday, September 5, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Trump Administration Ending DACA Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration is ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an Obama-era immigration policy that protected innocent youth from deportation. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and […]
Friday, June 16, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our staement here. LDF Statement on the Second Anniversary of the Mother Emanuel Shooting The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) remembers the nine men and women who were murdered in the massacre at the Emanuel A.M.E Church in Charleston, South Carolina two years ago tomorrow. We continue to mourn […]
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 | news
Today, Sam Spital, Director of Litigation at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the resumption of federal executions: “This morning, the U.S. government carried out the first federal execution in 17 years after the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to lift a stay in the middle of the […]
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is deeply disappointed with the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) unwillingness to terminate Richard Haste, the officer involved in the killing of Ramarley Graham, an 18-year-old unarmed youth of Jamaican descent. In 2012, Officer Haste fatally shot Mr. Graham in front of his grandmother and 6-year-old […]
Thursday, July 20, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. LDF Statement on the Proposed Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017 Today, Senators Kamala Harris and Rand Paul introduced the Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017, which provides grants to States and Indian tribes to incentivize criminal justice reform efforts aimed at replacing the use of money […]
