On July 17, NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo put Eric Garner in a chokehold while others officers forced him to the ground and then stood by and watched him die - doing nothing while he said "I can'...
Updated: December 3, 2014
On July 17, NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo put Eric Garner in a chokehold while others officers forced him to the ground and then stood by and watched him die - doing nothing while he said "I can'...
Updated: November 14, 2014
CCR Senior Staff Attorney Rachel Meeropol will speak at Fordham Law School about stereotyping, profiling and how it affects rights of Muslim, Arab and South Asian communities. Organized by Muslim Law...
Updated: February 20, 2013
January 2015"Last week, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) quietly published a final rule governing conditions and policies at the Communications Management Units (CMUs) -- two highly restrictive prison units...
On February 2, 2012, NYPD officers broke into Ramarley Graham's home without a warrant and killed him in front of his grandmother and 6 year-old brother. Ramarley was unarmed and had not committed a...
Updated: January 26, 2016
Rob Santiago is the Senior Major Gifts Officer at the Center for Constitutional Rights. He works closely with the Director of Development regarding major gifts and development strategies. Prior to...
CCR Bertha Justice Fellow Stephanie Llanes will join a panel organized by the Black Studies Program at City College of New York (CCNY). The panel will concentrate on the various ways that the Black...
Updated: February 7, 2017
Please join CCR and other allies in the #CLOSERikers campaign at a rally at City Hall . The #CLOSErikers campaign launched on the steps of City Hall in April 2016. One year later, we have grown in...
Updated: April 25, 2017
April 26, 2017With representation by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), Palestine Legal and cooperating counsel civil rights and constitutional lawyer Alan Levine, four Fordham students have sued the...
July 12, 2017Immigrant advocacy groups sued the U.S. government Tuesday, alleging that people fleeing persecution are frequently turned away at border crossings with Mexico when they seek asylum or express fear...
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