by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Aug 2, 2021 | Press Releases
The Williamstown Police Department (WPD) in Massachusetts should dismiss police officer Craig Eichhammer who reportedly displayed a poster of Adolf Hitler in his station locker for several years, according to a letter sent by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights...
by Natasha Mundkur | Jul 27, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — As the world battles against the highly transmissible delta variant of the COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended Tuesday that vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors in certain circumstances, reversing their...
by Ian Weiner | Jul 27, 2021 | Press Releases
(BALTIMORE) —The Daily Record has named Erinn D. Martin, policy counsel with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, to the 2021 VIP List – Very Important Professionals Successful by 40 awards. The Daily Record created the VIP List in 2010 to...
by Ian Weiner | Jul 26, 2021 | Press Releases
(Austin, Texas) — Judge Robert Pittman of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas granted the University of Texas at Austin’s motion to dismiss Monday in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. vs. University of Texas at Austin, a case which attempted to...
by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Jul 23, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) — The District of Columbia can publicly release body-worn camera recordings and names of officers who kill or inflict violence on civilians that the police are sworn to protect, the D.C. Superior Court ruled on July 16 when it dismissed a lawsuit...
by Lacy Crawford, Jr | Jul 17, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – One year after the passing of civil rights hero and long-time member of Congress, John Lewis, the nation reflects on his fight for voting rights and justice for all. The following is a statement from Damon Hewitt, president and executive...
