July 17,2015, New York – Today, on the one-year anniversary of the police killing of Eric Garner, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: One year after Eric Garner...
July 16, 2015The killing of Eric Garner by a police officer using a chokehold last year sparked protests around the country and led rappers to hold memorial concerts in Staten Island, where he was killed, and as...
July 24, 2015The Department of Homeland Security has been monitoring the Black Lives Matter movement since anti-police protests erupted in Ferguson, Missouri last summer, according to hundreds of documents...
August 3, 2015Over 1,000 people from across the country came together on July 31 and August 1 in Harlem, New York, to help vision and build the legal arm of the burgeoning Black Lives Matter movement. The #...
July 31, 2015Lawyers and activists from across the country are convening in Harlem from Friday for a conference aimed at strengthening the legal strategy of the Black Lives Matter movement. Three women — Alicia...
"Brown, Black, and Blue: The Stop...
Updated: August 12, 2015
Listen to audio of people telling their stories about being stopped by the New York Police Department (NYPD).
Updated: August 12, 2015
August 6, 2015Every four years, the U.N. Human Rights Committee evaluates whether a government is in compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and is following previous...
Still “Much Work to Be Done” August 7, 2015, New York – Today, the court-appointed monitor overseeing reforms of the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practices submitted two reform policies – on racial...
Join us for First Wednesday on December 2nd, where we will highlight the victories of this year, discuss how CCR's wide-ranging work is connected, and take a moment to celebrate before...
Updated: December 7, 2015
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