Last night, graphic footage taken by a witness’s cell phone and circulated widely online, showed Alton Sterling, 37, being shot multiple times outside a convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as two police officers pinned ...
Today, at the invitation of the New York City Police Department (NYPD), the Policing Project at New York University School of Law has launched a website, www.nypdbodycameras.org, which contains a brief questionnaire to gather public ...
Today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it will train all its law enforcement agents and prosecutors to recognize and address implicit or unconscious bias as they carry out their duties in communities throughout ...
PBS NEWSHOUR: Mark Walsh, Impact of Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling Could Reach K-12, Higher Ed (Jul. 15, 2016) “This was obviously a big surprise,” said Christina Swarns, the [Director of Litigation] for the ...
Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams acquitted Baltimore police officer Caesar Goodson of all charges for his role in the in-custody death of Freddie Gray, stating that the prosecution offered theories that were not backed by ...
Statement of Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense andEducational Fund, Inc. on the Court’s Decision in Fisher v. University of Texas Today’s decision by the Supreme Court in Fisher v. University ...
Democracy Diminished The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) observes the three-year anniversary of the Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder decision while preparing for the first presidential election in more than 50 years ...
