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 […]
Monday, August 28, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. LDF Statement on the President’s Reported Plan to End Ban on Transfer of Military Equipment to Local Law Enforcement Tonight, media began reporting that the President plans to end the Obama Administration’s ban on the transfer of certain military equipment to state and local police departments. The NAACP Legal Defense […]
Thursday, February 14, 2019 | news
The White House indicated today that the President plans to declare a national emergency in order to secure funding for a wall along the southern border. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement: “The word ‘unprecedented’ is invoked so frequently during the Trump […]
Monday, August 14, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the President’s Latest Reaction to White Supremacist Violence in Charlottesville Earlier today, President Trump offered additional comment on the white supremacist violence that erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. […]
Tuesday, August 15, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. LDF Statement on the President’s Backtracking on Condemnation of White Supremacist Violence in Charlottesville Earlier today, President Trump backtracked on his condemnation of the white supremacist violence that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. […]
Thursday, October 20, 2016 | news
President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement regarding the police-involved shooting death of Ms. Deborah Danner, a 66-year-old Black woman and Bronx resident with a history of mental illness: “The tragic shooting death of Deborah Danner starkly demonstrates the all-too-real potential for fatal outcomes when inadequately trained law […]
Monday, August 24, 2020 | news
Yesterday evening, 29-year-old Jacob Blake, a Black man, was shot in the back at least seven times at point blank range by one or more officers from the Kenosha Police Department (KPD) as he was entering a vehicle, reportedly to check on his children. From inside the vehicle, Mr. Blake’s three sons witnessed their father […]
Monday, October 14, 2019 | news
Atatiana Jefferson became another Black person to be inexplicably slain by police in their home when she was killed by a Fort Worth, Texas officer who had been summoned to the victim’s home in response to a neighbors’ request for a wellness check. The killing occurred despite a Police Department policy that prohibits officers from […]
