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Monique Dixon Pens Op-Ed on Need for Greater Scrutiny on Use of Force in School Discipline

Use of force in city schools merits scrutiny This week’s disturbing video of a South Carolina school police officer body slamming a black girl who refused to leave the classroom exposed the consequence of police disciplining students in our nation’s schools (“Since when is classroom backtalk a criminal offense?” Oct. 29). Baltimore’s school system has […]

Monique Dixon Pens Letter in The Post and Courier on North Charleston Police Department

Letter: NCPD needs thorough review …And while police traffic stops in North Charleston have decreased, racial disparities persist, with African Americans being stopped at higher rates than white residents. A comprehensive federal investigation of policing practices would reveal and address the reasons for these disparities. Read the full letter here.

Monique Dixon on the Future of Consent Decrees in the Daily Beast

The DOJ’s new report on Chicago makes a pretty thorough case that the city’s police department as a whole—rather than a few bad-apple officers—needs an overhaul. But Monique Dixon, deputy director of policy and senior counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, said she doesn’t expect Sessions will look to use federal courts to force […]

Monique Dixon Discusses the DOJ Ferguson Report on The Global African

DOJ Report on Ferguson, Iran­US Negotiations, Jim Crow & Urban.. (II) “The Department of Justice recently released a comprehensive report on the practices of the Ferguson Police Department. What were the report’s conclusions? Much has been made of the relationship between racism & urban development through much of 20th century America, but what about the […]

Monique Dixon Discusses Baltimore Consent Decree Hearing on Marc Steiner Show

DOJ Roundtable: Consent Decree Reviews We hosted a DOJ Roundtable, focused on Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ order of a review of federal agreements and consent decrees across the country. With: Monique Dixon, Deputy Director of Policy for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund; Ray Kelly, Director of Community Relations at the No Boundaries Coalition; Jacqueline Robarge, […]

Molly Cain

Molly Cain joined LDF as the John Payton Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy Fellow in 2022. Prior to joining LDF, Molly served as a law clerk to the Honorable Carlton W. Reeves on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and to the Honorable Henry F. Floyd on the U.S. Court of […]

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MLK Jr. Day speaker: Dismantle ‘school-to-prison pipeline’

On Monday, Monique Lin-Luse, Special Counsel to the Education Group at LDF, spoke at the annual MLK-day memorial luncheon hosted by the Salt Lake City branch of the NAACP. She spoke about the school-to-prison pipeline and barriers to educational equality. MLK Jr. Day speaker: Dismantle ‘school-to-prison pipeline’ The Salt Lake TribuneJanuary 20, 2014  Martin Luther King […]

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