The Passage of the Act Is Another Major Step Towards Ending Discriminatory Stop-And-Frisk Practices New York — Today, the City Council of New York overturned Mayor Bloomberg’s veto of the Community Safety Act. The Act includes ...
His remarks reflect the City’s entrenched policies and practices of treating public housing residents like prisoners in their own homes In this morning’s John Gambling radio show, Mayor Michael Bloomberg criticized Davis v. City of ...
Today, United States District Court Judge Shira A. Scheindlin issued a groundbreaking decision declaring that the New York City Police Department (NYPD) implements its controversial stop-and-frisk policy in an unconstitutional manner and violates the rights ...
On August 24th, LDF will join Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom! Why should you come? – Help honor Trayvon ...
Southern states are moving quickly to change laws that will adversely affect minority voters. On The Root, Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s President and Director-Counsel, discusses the aftermath of the SCOTUS decision on the Voting Rights Act, specifically how ...
Cenk talks to NAACP Legal Defense Fund senior Counsel Vincent Southerland and Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher about reactions to the George Zimmerman verdict and what happens next. “Clearly this case calls out and cries out for ...
The George Zimmerman verdict has provoked passionate debate about legal justice and race in the U.S. Judy Woodruff gets reaction from Christina Swarns of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
