Monday, May 4, 2015 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund is gratified by the decisions made and professionalism exhibited by the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s office in the case of the police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray. The homicide ruling and charges brought against the 6 officers who arrested and transported Mr. Gray are just the first steps […]
Wednesday, November 7, 2018 | news
Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement about yesterday’s midterm elections: “Yesterday’s election showcased our democracy’s many strengths, and it revealed its persistent weaknesses. Across the nation, millions of Americans exercised their most fundamental right, a right that remains all too rare in […]
Friday, January 4, 2019 | news
Todd Cox, Director of Policy for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., issued the following statement in response to the For the People Act (H.R. 1), a comprehensive package of reform bills: “The first major bill of the 116th Congress is a critical set of reforms which would bring our antiquated election system […]
Monday, February 12, 2018 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Statement on Guilty Verdicts for Baltimore Detectives Marcus Taylor and Daniel Hersl Today, Baltimore Police Department (BPD) Detectives Marcus Taylor and Daniel Hersl were found guilty at trial of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, and other charges as part of a criminal conspiracy based out of the BPD’s Gun Trace […]
Tuesday, August 14, 2018 | news
Today a grand jury indicted former Baltimore police officer Arthur Williams on three charges: first-degree assault, second-degree assault and officer misconduct after disturbing video surfaced on social media over the weekend showing Williams violently beating an African-American Baltimore resident to the ground, with what appeared to be little or no provocation, and no imminent threat. […]
Tuesday, June 23, 2015 | news
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s call to remove the confederate flag from the state capitol is a welcomed and long overdue act of responsive leadership that is much needed in the Palmetto State. The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) has long voiced its opposition to the flag’s use on state property as […]
Monday, May 7, 2018 | news
Today, Google announced that it will ban ads for the bail bond industry in their ad systems. Todd A. Cox, Policy Director at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), provided the following statement: “The money bail industry exploits communities of color and low-income Americans when they’re at their most vulnerable, profiting off families in their […]
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) reached a settlement agreement in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request lawsuit filed against the United States Department of Education (ED) in May 2018. LDF sued ED after the department failed to respond to a July 2017 request for records regarding policy changes made […]
Thursday, August 6, 2015 | case-update
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal challenge under the Act against SB 14, Texas’s discriminatory photo ID law in Veasey v. Texas. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (“LDF”), which represents plaintiff-interveners in the case, applauds the Fifth Circuit’s decision to uphold […]
Thursday, December 14, 2017 | news
Read a PDF of our statement here. LDF Statement on FCC Vote to Dismantle Net Neutrality Rules The Federal Communications Commission voted today, to dismantle Net neutrality rules. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill released the following statement: “I am incredibly disappointed that the FCC has chosen to reverse […]
