LDF Urges President Biden to Veto Resolution to Strike Down Washington D.C.’s Policing Reform Act, Expresses Disappointment at Veto of Revised Criminal Code

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Today, the leaders of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Color of Change, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, NAACP, ...

LDF Commends Connecticut Lawmakers for Advancing State Voting Rights Act

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Today, state lawmakers in Connecticut passed out of committee Senate Bill No. 1226 (“S.B. 1226”), an Act Concerning State Voting Rights in Recognition of John R. Lewis. S.B. 1226 is a comprehensive state-level Voting Rights ...

LDF Submits Testimony Urging the NYC Council Public Safety Committee to Eliminate Funding for NYPD Strategic Response Group and Invest in Communities

Today, LDF submitted written testimony urging the New York City Council Public Safety Committee to eliminate funding for the NYPD Strategic Response Group (SRG) and invest funds in local communities. The Council is currently beginning ...

Thurgood Marshall Institute to Collect, Share Oral Histories and Digitize Archival Material from LDF’s 83 Years Defending Civil Rights

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Today the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) announced Sharing Our History, Informing Our Present, Envisioning Our Future, a new archives initiative led by the Thurgood Marshall Institute. The initiative will encompass a collection of oral histories ...

LDF Commends Ruling That Reverses Qualified Immunity Defense Granted to Correctional Officers Accused of Harassing Black Muslim Man

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a decision in Mack v. Yost et al., vacating the District Court’s grant of qualified immunity to corrections officers who are alleged to have ...

LDF and Co-Counsel Reach Unprecedented Settlement For Protestors and West Philadelphia Residents Who Suffered Police Violence During 2020 Protests

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Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the Abolitionist Law Center, and the law firm of Kairys, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg & Lin LLP announced an unprecedented settlement with the City of Philadelphia for the Philadelphia Police Department’s (PPD) excessive, ...

LDF Submits Testimony to Connecticut Lawmakers in Support of the Connecticut Voting Rights Act

Today, LDF submitted testimony to the Connecticut General Assembly Government Administration and Elections Committee in support of the S.B. 1226, An Act Concerning State Voting Rights in Recognition of John R. Lewis. The CTVRA will ...

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