Related Case or Issue: Davis v. City of New York Court Orders NYPD to Film All Citizen Encounters with Body Cameras Order Calls for Pilot Program to Study Effectiveness of Filming All Encounters Late ...
Last August, white supremacist violence erupted at the “Unite the Right Rally” in Charlottesville, Virginia, taking the life of counter-protester Heather Heyer and leaving many others wounded. One year later, white supremacists are again gathering, ...
By: Marne Lenox Source: New York Daily News Related Case or Issue: NYPD’s “Gang” Policing Tactics The NYPD’s gang database leaves thousands of New Yorkers of color vulnerable to heightened police harassment or scrutiny, ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), led by President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill, has consistently spoken out about the persistent problem of taxi drivers refusing service to New Yorkers based on their race. LDF has engaged in preliminary ...
Related Case or Issue: Policing Reform Campaign Recently, an off-duty Cincinnati police officer, Kevin Brown, used a taser on an 11-year-old girl for allegedly shoplifting snacks. At the time, Brown was working as a security guard ...
Along with Carlyle Parish LLC and the Bradley Law Firm, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), today filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to hear a significant case about racial discrimination in jury ...
Comments on 2020 Census, Including Proposed Information Collection The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), our country’s first and foremost civil rights and racial justice organization, appreciates the opportunity to provide comments ...
