A few months ago, I gathered with colleagues and allies to mark the 10th anniversary of the landmark stop-and-frisk ruling , which held New York City liable for a pattern of unconstitutional stops and racial profiling by the NYPD. My organization had brought the class action lawsuit that challenged stop and frisk on behalf of Black and Latinx New Yorkers. The convening was a moment to celebrate but also to recommit to the fight against overpolicing. Winning in court against the NYPD was one thing; getting it to comply with the ruling is another. While the overall number of reported stops has...
Attacks against queer and trans people in state legislatures continue unabated, with lawmakers demonstrating their intentions over the past few weeks to maintain the momentum from last year's record...
President Biden, Secretary of State Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Austin are failing in their legal duty to prevent, and not further, this most serious of crimes
NYPD’s street crime units are frequently making illegal stops and nearly exclusively stopping Blacks and Latinos, according to the Court-appointed Monitor.
We stand in solidarity with Stop Cop City activists We stand in solidarity with the activists enduring mounting state violence and repression as they seek to protect their communities and natural...
Groups urge U.N. to call for abolition of Death by Incarceration during historic U.S. visit Amid the historic visit of the U.N. Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law...