Civil Rights Groups Reach Settlement in Police Violence Case on Behalf of Peaceful Protesters

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LOUISVILLE, KY – After five years, the ACLU of Kentucky, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), and law firm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP (ECBAWM) reached a settlement in Attica Scott, et. al. ...

GANGS Coalition Responds to NYPD-IG Gang Policing Report

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Press Contacts: Alejandra Lopez, Redmond Haskins, The Legal Aid Society, ailopez@legal-aid.org rhaskins@legal-aid.org Troi Barnes, Legal Defense Fund, media@naacpldf.org Sarai Bejarano,Latino Justice, media@latinojustice.org William Owen, STOP, william.owen@stopspying.org Report Confirms Persistent Racial Disparities, Policy Failures, and Need ...

LDF Concludes Supreme Court Oral Reargument Defending Louisiana Congressional Map

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Today, Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai Nelson argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais, a case about equal representation for Black voters in Louisiana and the role of race ...

LDF Resolutely Denounces the Indictment of New York Attorney General Leticia James

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Legal Defense Fund (LDF) President and Director-Counsel Janai S. Nelson issued the below statement in response to the indictment of New York Attorney General Leticia James. Reportedly, the indictment is part of the Trump administration’s ...

LDF Firmly Denounces Confirmation of Craig Trainor for the HUD Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity

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The Legal Defense Fund (LDF) vigorously denounces the Senate’s confirmation of Craig Trainor to serve as the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. The Office of ...

LDF Condemns President Trump’s Call to Wage War on American Cities and Deployment of National Guard to Chicago

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This past weekend, President Trump authorized the deployment of National Guard to Chicago, following increased presence of, and enforcement activities by, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers since the past summer. The president made this ...

LDF Denounces Enactment of Missouri’s Racially Discriminatory Congressional Map

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Last week, the Missouri Governor enacted a congressional map that intentionally diminishes Black voting power in the state. The new map clearly targets Missouri’s 5th congressional district, which has provided electoral opportunities to Black voters ...

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