In a letter to Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, a citywide coalition of advocates urge city leaders to ensure that progress towards police accountability adopted during the 2016 Maryland General ...
Today, the harshest, most restrictive photo ID law in the country met its match when the full United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a lower court determination that Senate Bill 14 ...
Today, Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams acquitted Baltimore police lieutenant Brian Rice of all charges for his role in the in-custody death of Freddie Gray. Prosecutors charged Lieutenant Rice with involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment, assault, ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) condemns the actions of a lone gunman who opened fire on law enforcement officers as they responded to a call for service in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) remembers Eric Garner, a 43-year-old African-American father, husband and son. Two years ago, New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo placed Mr. Garner in a ...
LDF Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson appeared on The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss the tragic police-involved killings of Alton Sterling of Baton Rouge, La. and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Mn. Their deaths set ...
Sherrilyn Ifill, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel, joined President Obama, chiefs of police, heads of police unions, activists, and other political and civil rights leaders at the White House yesterday ...
