Two Days, Two Deaths: The Back to Back Police Shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile

Not even twenty-four hours after Alton Sterling’s death at the hands of law enforcement in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Philando Castile was shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop near St. Paul, ...

LDF Disappointed in the U.S. Census Bureau’s Proposed Residence Criteria for Incarcerated Persons for 2020 Census

The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is disappointed with the Census Bureau’s plan to continue to count upwards of 2 million incarcerated people, including a disproportionate number of Black and Latino persons, ...

LDF Responds to Tragic Shooting Death of Alton Sterling

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 ...

LDF Encourages Public Comment on Body-Worn Camera Pilot Program in Partnership with NYU’s Policing Project

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 ...

LDF Statement on Department of Justice Announcement to Address Implicit Bias in Law Enforcement Training

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 ...

Fisher II Media Roundup

  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 ...

LDF Statement on the Acquittal of Officer Caesar Goodson Regarding In-Custody Death of Freddie Gray

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 ...

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