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Civil Rights, Racial Justice, and Gun Violence Prevention Organizations Urge Congress to Decouple Police Funding Bills from Assault Weapons Ban and Community Safety Investment Bills

Friday, July 29, 2022 | news

As organizations that have spent years fighting for civil rights, racial justice and the genuine safety that all of our communities deserve, we stand together to oppose a vote in the House of Representatives on a combined rule that would join together two issues that should not be dependent on one another—preventative measures, including a […]

President Trump’s Executive Orders on Crime Reduction Ignores the Need for Policing Reforms

Friday, February 10, 2017 | news

Read the PDF of our statement here.  President Trump’s Executive Orders on Crime Reduction Ignores the Need for Policing Reforms Today, President Trump signed three executive orders detailing ways in which the White House will address crime, including violence against police. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) offered the following statement: “Today’s orders […]

Case in Point: LDF Outlines Four Holes in Officer Betty Shelby’s Defense

Friday, May 19, 2017 | news

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. While every one of these cases is unique, […]

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