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 26, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – President Joseph R. Biden is expected to sign executive orders Tuesday on what the White House is calling his racial equity agenda. Executive actions will address housing, voting and police practices, criminal justice, health care, education...
by Press | Jul 8, 2020 | Press Releases
NOTE TO REPORTERS Civil rights groups led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed a motion today to add Washington D.C. Chief of Police, Peter Newsham, and unnamed D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers as defendants in the early-June...