Tuesday, February 22, 2022 | news
Today, Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William “Roddie” Bryan were found guilty in a federal hate crime trial of attempted kidnapping and willfully, by way of force and threat of force, injuring, intimidating, and interfering with Ahmaud Arbery’s rights because of Mr. Arbery’s race and color. The McMichaels were also found guilty of using a […]
Thursday, February 24, 2022 | news
Today, former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane, and Tou Thao were convicted for willfully depriving George Floyd of his liberty without due process while acting under color of law, including by failing to provide medical aid to him as he was being murdered by fellow officer Derek Chauvin. Former officers Kueng and […]
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 | news
Today, members of the United States Senate failed to reach an agreement on the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021. In response, Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement: “Last summer’s global protests were the culmination of decades of frustration and pain […]
Thursday, August 4, 2022 | news
Today, more than two years after Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers senselessly killed Breonna Taylor in her home, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged four current and former LMPD officers – Officer Joshua Jaynes, former Detective Kelly Goodlett, Officer Kyle Meany, and former Officer Brett Hankison – in connection with the execution […]
Wednesday, November 24, 2021 | news
Today, Travis McMichael was found guilty on all charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, including one count of malice murder, four counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, one count of false imprisonment, and one count of criminal attempt to commit a felony. One of his accomplices, Gregory McMichael, who is also […]
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 | news
Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm Rep. Marcia Fudge as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), issued the following statement regarding this confirmation vote: “We congratulate Congresswoman Fudge on today’s vote confirming her as the Secretary […]
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 | news
Today, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law announced that Damon Hewitt, a former attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), will serve as the organization’s next president and executive director. Sherrilyn Ifill, LDF’s President and Director-Counsel, issued the following statement regarding this announcement: “We congratulate our friend and colleague, […]
Friday, November 19, 2021 | news
Today, Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on three counts of first-degree reckless homicide, use of a dangerous weapon, and two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, use of a dangerous weapon for the respective killings of Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, as well as the shooting of Gaige Grosskreutz in August 2020. In response, NAACP Legal […]
Tuesday, September 7, 2021 | news
Today, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed voter suppression bill, S.B. 1, into law. The bill passed the Texas House and Senate during a second special legislative session called by the Governor after the regular session ended earlier this year. Among the measures that will impact voters of color, S.B. 1 reduces early voting hours and […]
Friday, July 23, 2021 | news
Earlier this week, Tarrant, Alabama, city councilmember Tommy Bryant was caught on video shouting “Do we have a house n***er in here?” in the direction of fellow councilmember Veronica Freeman. This comes one month after reports emerged that Bryant called the city’s first Black major, Waymon Newton, “boy.” In response, Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel of […]
