Wednesday, December 16, 2015 | news
Today, Judge Barry G. Williams declared a mistrial in the case against police officer William Porter for the in-custody death of Freddie Gray because the Baltimore jury that spent weeks hearing evidence of Officer Porter’s involvement in Gray’s death was unable to reach a unanimous verdict. The prosecutor must now decide whether to convene a […]
Monday, May 22, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. Over the weekend, Mississippi state legislator Karl Oliver posted a message on Facebook suggesting that officials who attempt to take down Confederate monuments “should be lynched.” NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the following statement in response: “Karl Oliver’s statement over the weekend is […]
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 | news
On Tuesday, the city of Louisville, Kentucky, announced that it reached a $12 million settlement in the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Breonna Taylor. The city also announced a series of policy changes to its policing practices. Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) detective Myles Cosgrove and Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly, and former LMPD […]
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 | news
Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry announced today that he is declining to file state charges against Baton Rouge Police Officers Blane Salamoni and Howie Lake for the shooting death of Alton Sterling. Monique Dixon, Deputy Director of Policy and Senior Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. […]
Friday, June 15, 2018 | news
Reflecting the reality that race still matters and racial discrimination persists, Harvard considers race as one factor in its holistic admissions process as it seeks to achieve a diverse class. A lawsuit alleging that this consideration of race unlawfully discriminates against Asian-American applicants could soon be resolved, as the parties filed motions to end the […]
Tuesday, April 26, 2016 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) lauded the announcement by Attorney General Loretta Lynch that she will personally request that state governors provide state-issued identification cards to persons returning to their states from federal prisons. Under the Attorney General’s plan, returnees will be able to exchange their federal Bureau of Prison […]
Thursday, June 29, 2017 | news
Today, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, vice chair of the President’s Commission on Election Integrity, sent letters to all 50 Secretaries of State requesting “publicly available voter-roll data,” including full names, last four digits of social security number, and felony convictions, among many other personal data. LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill issued the […]
Friday, August 23, 2019 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is both stunned and outraged to learn that the Justice Department sent an email to immigration court employees, including judges, which contained white supremacist and anti-Semitic content. “Judges are critical to the preservation of our democracy and such attacks on them cannot be tolerated. To say, […]
Thursday, April 6, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on Judge Gorsuch’s Failure to Attract 60 Votes Necessary to End Debate on Nomination This morning, the Senate failed to reach the 60-vote threshold necessary to end debate on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Last month, citing serious […]
Monday, January 7, 2019 | news
Monique Dixon, Deputy Director of Policy for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement in response to Joel Fitzgerald withdrawing from consideration as Baltimore Police commissioner: “Dr. Fitzgerald’s withdrawal is in the best interest of Baltimore City, which is in need of a police commissioner with a proven track record of […]
