LDF on No Charges for Officer in Death of Keith Lamont Scott

  Today, Mecklenburg County District Attorney R. Andrew Murray announced he is not bringing charges against Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Officer Brentley Vinson for shooting and killing Keith Lamont Scott, 43, on September 20, 2016.  Sherrilyn ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund Urges Fifth Circuit to Ensure Education Equality in Louisiana Charter School Desegregation Case

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), joined by co-counsel Gideon Carter of Baton Rouge, LA, filed a brief asking the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to reverse a July decision granting ...

NAACP Legal Defense Fund: Supreme Court Should Not Take Up Texas’s Fight to Maintain Voter Suppression Law

The NAACP Legal Defense Fund and other civil rights groups filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court opposing a request from the State of Texas that the Court take up, at this time, ...

LDF Joins Call to Expand Clemency Eligibility

Read the PDF version here. Citing Uncertainty of Next Administration’s Commitment to Criminal Justice Reform, Broad Coalition of Criminal Justice Reform Advocates, Former Judges and Prosecutors, Legal Scholars Call On President to Expand Clemency Eligibility ...

LDF Calls on the United States Department of Transportation to Immediately Address Discriminatory Passenger Removals by Airlines

The Department of Transportation must act immediately to ensure that all individuals are free to travel regardless of their race or religion. Recent events on a Delta Airlines flight highlight the need for the United ...

LDF Calls on the United States Department of Transportation to Immediately Address Discriminatory Passenger Removals by Airlines

Department of Transportation must act immediately to ensure that all individuals are free to travel regardless of their race or religion. Recent events on a Delta Airlines flight highlight the need for the United States ...

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