by Press | May 7, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, DC) – A federal grand jury on Friday indicted Derek Chauvin and three other former Minneapolis officers for civil rights violations related to their role in the murder of George Floyd. Following a year of nationwide protest against racial injustice...
by Press | May 5, 2021 | Blog
The definition of justice, as it relates to the criminal legal system, fair housing, and the social safety, has been a consistent topic of national debate especially within the last year as the converging crises of discriminatory policing and COVID-19 expose new...
by Press | Apr 28, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – A North Carolina judge on Wednesday declined to release body camera footage in the shooting of Andrew Brown. The following is a statement from Damon Hewitt, acting president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under...
by Press | Apr 16, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Residents in the Chesapeake Detention Facility (CDF) in downtown Baltimore, will now have safer and humane protections from COVID-19 outbreaks after over a year of CDF and Maryland public officials refusing to enact them, thanks to a...
by Press | Apr 2, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, DC) — The Baltimore Police Department’s (BPD) practice of unlawfully searching and seizing the personal property of survivors of violent crime without a warrant or consent is a violation of their constitutional rights, argued a lawsuit filed Thursday by...
