Tuesday, December 14, 2021 | page
LDF Year in Review 2021 Political Participation⟶ Criminal Justice⟶ Economic Justice⟶ Education⟶ On the heels of a tumultuous year, 2021 brought its own set of changes, challenges, and triumphs. In a year that began with a violent insurrection at our nation’s capital, LDF remained undeterred in the fight to protect our democracy in the face […]
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 | page
After George Floyd The Changing Landscape of Public Safety Justice in Public Safety Project Police Accountability Bills Index Systemic Changes to Public Safety Legislative Reforms to Strengthen Accountability, Reduce Reliance on Policing, and Invest in Black and Brown Communities Advocates, impacted families, and communities across the country rallied behind the need for police accountability legislation […]
Friday, February 10, 2023 | page
Justice in Public Safety Project Framework for Public Safety Everyone deserves a system of public safety that promotes long-term, sustainable safety in our communities without exclusive reliance on law enforcement. A mother hugs her children following a protest in Oakland, CA on Jun. 4, 2020. (Photo by Yalonda M. James/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty […]
Monday, September 16, 2019 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) remembers Terence Crutcher, a beloved father, son, and brother who was tragically killed by Tulsa Police Department Officer Betty Shelby. Today marks one of the many heartbreaking anniversaries of African-American deaths due to unnecessary police violence. Three years ago, today, on September 16, 2016, Terence Crutcher […]
Saturday, August 5, 2023 | news
Today, former LDF Board member and renowned professor of law at Harvard Law School, Charles Ogletree, Jr. passed away. He was 70. Professor Ogletree, affectionately known as “Tree,” served on LDF’s Board of Directors from 2009-2015. Closely associated with the evolution of Critical Race Theory, Tree was a giant in the legal academy and a […]
Sunday, May 31, 2020 | page
George Floyd’s life was stolen, like so many before him, by a pattern of violence committed by law enforcement officials that has resulted in the loss of countless Black lives stretching back decades. It cannot go on like this. Black Americans have endured years upon years of police violence and cried out for justice […]
Friday, May 19, 2017 | ldf-perspectives
By David Jacobs, Senior Communications Associate at LDF Two nights ago, a jury in Tulsa, Oklahoma, found Police Officer Betty Jo Shelby not guilty of first-degree manslaughter for the September 2016 roadside killing of Terence Crutcher, an unarmed Black man. The verdict reinforced, once again, that police officers are almost never convicted for killing unarmed African Americans. […]
Friday, November 9, 2018 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) joined national, Tulsa, and Baton Rouge-based civil rights leaders and stakeholders today in a letter to the Southeastern Homicide Investigators Association (SEHIA), opposing the group’s decision to invite the officer who killed Terence Crutcher, an unarmed Black man, to headline its annual conference next week in […]
Sunday, September 25, 2016 | news
Our country faces profound and important challenges in the years ahead. As the presidential candidates prepare to take to the podiums for the first debate, there are many essential questions anyone seeking our nation’s highest office must answer. Though far from exhaustive given the many pressing policy questions we face, over the course of the […]
Monday, February 22, 2021 | news
Today, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) sent joint letters to police departments in Tulsa, Oklahoma; North Charleston, South Carolina; Ferguson, Missouri; and Louisville, Kentucky. The letters call for a full and thorough investigation into any officers that were involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and were […]
