Thursday, March 10, 2016 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is profoundly disappointed by the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision not to convene a grand jury to consider the police shooting death of Ramarley Graham, an 18-year-old unarmed African American man. In 2012, New York City police officer Richard Haste fatally shot Mr. Graham in front of his grandmother and 6-year-old brother. […]
Thursday, July 23, 2020 | news
Today, Lisa Cylar Barrett, Director of Policy at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s announcement eliminating the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule: “The Trump administration’s decision to eradicate the 2015 affirmatively furthering fair housing rule is an […]
Tuesday, September 5, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the Trump Administration Ending DACA Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration is ending Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), an Obama-era immigration policy that protected innocent youth from deportation. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and […]
Friday, June 16, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our staement here. LDF Statement on the Second Anniversary of the Mother Emanuel Shooting The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) remembers the nine men and women who were murdered in the massacre at the Emanuel A.M.E Church in Charleston, South Carolina two years ago tomorrow. We continue to mourn […]
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 | news
Today, Sam Spital, Director of Litigation at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding the resumption of federal executions: “This morning, the U.S. government carried out the first federal execution in 17 years after the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to lift a stay in the middle of the […]
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 | news
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is deeply disappointed with the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) unwillingness to terminate Richard Haste, the officer involved in the killing of Ramarley Graham, an 18-year-old unarmed youth of Jamaican descent. In 2012, Officer Haste fatally shot Mr. Graham in front of his grandmother and 6-year-old […]
Thursday, July 20, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. LDF Statement on the Proposed Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017 Today, Senators Kamala Harris and Rand Paul introduced the Pretrial Integrity and Safety Act of 2017, which provides grants to States and Indian tribes to incentivize criminal justice reform efforts aimed at replacing the use of money […]
Monday, August 28, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. LDF Statement on the President’s Reported Plan to End Ban on Transfer of Military Equipment to Local Law Enforcement Tonight, media began reporting that the President plans to end the Obama Administration’s ban on the transfer of certain military equipment to state and local police departments. The NAACP Legal Defense […]
Thursday, February 14, 2019 | news
The White House indicated today that the President plans to declare a national emergency in order to secure funding for a wall along the southern border. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement: “The word ‘unprecedented’ is invoked so frequently during the Trump […]
Monday, August 14, 2017 | news
Read the PDF of our statement here. NAACP Legal Defense Fund Statement on the President’s Latest Reaction to White Supremacist Violence in Charlottesville Earlier today, President Trump offered additional comment on the white supremacist violence that erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia over the weekend. Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. […]
