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 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...
by Press | Feb 24, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – National Civil rights leaders called on the U.S. House of Representatives to pass the Georgy Floyd Justice in Policing Act today, a critical step to holding law enforcement accountable for unconstitutional and unethical conduct. The 2020...
by Press | Jan 19, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Two white police officers pulled a Black West Virginian man from his home and beat him for half a minute causing serious and permanent injuries in the early morning of New Year’s Day 2019, according to a lawsuit the Lawyers’ Committee for...
by Press | Dec 14, 2020 | Press Releases
(Graham, N.C.) – In a new court filing on Friday, groups leading the October 31 ‘I Am Change’ march to the Polls in Graham, N.C., which was disrupted by police violence, amended their complaint in federal court. The amended complaint in Justice for the Next...
