July 17, 2018, New York – Last night, the attorneys behind three landmark class actions that challenged the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk and trespass enforcement practices as racially discriminatory and...
Reunified and Released: Salvadoran mother and son reunited after eight months of separation [caption align="right"] [/caption] A Salvadoran mother and her four-year-old son are together again, eight...
This post originally appeared on the Open Society Foundations website . “It is beyond the power of even the president to declare [torture] lawful,” wrote Judge Henry Floyd on October 21. These words...
Celine Zhu is a Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works on issues of sexual and gender-based violence, LGBTQI+ persecution, discriminatory policing, environmental...
New Yorkers should visit nypdbodycameras.org now and take advantage of this rare opportunity to give input on not only how we are policed, but on how we will literally be watched. Body-worn cameras...
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Jumana Musa, Takoma Park, MD, is a human rights attorney and racial justice activist. She is currently the Director of the Fourth Amendment Center at the National Association of Criminal Defense...
Emergency Motion Says Ashley Diamond’s Allegations of Assault Prompted Retaliation by Prison Staff April 9, 2021, Atlanta – Today, Ashley Diamond, a Black transgender woman who is currently suing the...
