The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) lauded the announcement by Attorney General Loretta Lynch that she will personally request that state governors provide state-issued identification cards to persons returning to their ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and South Carolina civil rights leaders welcome the announcement by North Charleston’s Mayor and Chief of Police that they have invited the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) ...
Richard Rothstein and Phillip Atiba Goff Join LDF’s New Research and Advocacy Hub The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is thrilled to announce today the selection of Richard Rothstein ...
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is deeply disappointed that Judge Danny Chun did not sentence former New York City Police Officer Peter Liang to prison for the killing of Akai Gurley, ...
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) remembers Freddie Gray, a young African-American man who succumbed to spinal cord injuries he suffered while in the custody of Baltimore City police officers one ...
After several months of closed-door negotiations, the City of Ferguson and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) entered into a consent decree to address Ferguson’s racially-biased and predatory policing and municipal court practices. Ferguson residents, ...
Report Documents Extensive Racial Discrimination in Policing Practices in the City Wednesday’s release of a report by the Police Accountability Task Force entitled, “Recommendations for Reform: Restoring Trust Between the Chicago Police and the ...