by Press | Feb 8, 2021 | Press Releases
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the Matthew Shepard Foundation, in partnership with the Charleston Police Department will host a training on hate crime prevention for local law enforcement officers, investigators and prosecutors on Friday,...
by Press | Nov 16, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – According to the FBI’s newly released 2019 Uniform Crime Reporting hate crimes data (UCR), not only are hate crimes in the United States increasing, but hundreds of law enforcement agencies nationwide failed to participate in the...
by Press | Oct 28, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act, signed by President Barack Obama 11 years ago this month, was a milestone hate crime law which increased the jurisdiction of the FBI and Department of Justice to investigate...
by Press | Aug 11, 2020 | Press Releases
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law sent a letter on Monday to the Wilmington, N.C. Civil Service Commission in North Carolina, concerning former Officer James B. Gilmore, whose employment was terminated after being captured on video making racist remarks...
