Testimony Shows Officers Receive No Training on Racial Bias or Profiling November 14, 2022, Buffalo, NY – Litigation against the Buffalo Police Department (BPD) challenging the constitutionality of...
Lawmaker-corporate lobbyist deliberations and drafting of laws violate state’s Open Meeting Law, groups say November 15, 2022, Phoenix, AZ – Today, a coalition of grassroots organizations and legal...
The Center for Constitutional Rights and Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit, Diamond v. Ward , filed on behalf of Ashley Diamond, proceeds to trial on January 19, 2023 before Chief Judge Marc T...
Updated: January 18, 2023
January 27, 2023 – In response to the release of the video of Tyre Nichols’ murder by five Memphis police, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following statement: We join our community...
The symposium—taking place on Saturday, March 4, at UCLA Law—will explore the intersection of the international human rights framework with the domestic legal, political, and social...
Updated: February 27, 2023
March 1, 2023...“The NYPD continues to underreport stops and implement its stop-and-frisk policy in a racially discriminatory and harmful manner – while the total number of NYPD reported stops has declined since...
This short briefing paper is presented to the UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the context of Law Enforcement (UN EMLER), to assist in the...
Updated: March 16, 2023
10 Years Ago this Week, We Went to Court to Expose the Racism of the NYPD
Updated: March 17, 2023
Join Burns Chair Vince Warren and author Derecka Purnell on April 11th at 5:30 p.m. ET for a discussion of Purnell’s book, Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of...
Updated: March 21, 2023
Fifth Circuit Ruling Confirms State Must Stop Making People Convicted Under Law Register as Sex Offenders April 11, 2023, New Orleans – Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit...
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