LDF Associate Director-Counsel Janai Nelson highlights the fine line Obama must walk in order to be the President for all Americans while making his mark on race relations in the aftermath of Brown and Garner ...
In an op-ed posted in The Root, LDF Deputy Director of Litigation Ryan Haygood, and former NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous look back on how voter suppression laws influenced the 2014 midterm elections: On Nov. ...
Police Consider Charges Against Brown’s Step-Father St. Louis County police are considering whether to charge Louis Head, the step-father of Michael Brown, with inciting a riot with his comments on the night the grand jury’s ...
Many hope the federal government will succeed in obtaining an indictment of New York police officers where Staten Island prosecutors failed. From the New York Times: “We have relied over the course of ...
LDF Director of Litigation Christina Swarns and chief legal officer of the City of New York Zachary Carter discuss the next steps on the road to justice for Eric Garner’s family on Andrea Mitchell Reports.
On NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, LDF Director of Litigation Christina Swarns voices frustration over the grand jury decision not to indict Staten Island police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the choking death of Eric Garner: “These are people’s ...
The New York Times is monitoring reactions and events as they unfold in the aftermath of the grand jury decision to not indict Staten Island police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the choking death of Eric ...
