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LGBTQI Advocates Urge 11 Circuit to Uphold Lower Court Ruling to Provide Medical Care to Transgender Woman in Florida Prison

January 10, 2019

11 Organizations File Friend-of-the Court Brief Highlighting Voices of Incarcerated Transgender People January 10, 2019, Tallahassee — Late yesterday, 11 LGBTQI advocacy and legal services...

Donorbox Suspends BDS National Committee’s Account After Threats from Israeli Legal Group

December 21, 2018

December 21, 2018, New York – After legal threats and false allegations from Shurat HaDin-The Israel Law Center, the donation platform Donorbox has temporarily suspended the BDS National Committee’s...

Appeals Court Bats Away Anti-Gay Extremist Scott Lively’s Attempt to Censor Judge

August 10, 2018

August 10, 2018, New York – Today, the First Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Scott Lively’s attempt to appeal a ruling from the district court to remove language that harshly criticized his role...

Court Orders NYPD to Film All Citizen Encounters with Body Cameras

August 10, 2018

Order Calls for Pilot Program to Study Effectiveness of Filming All Encounters August 10, 2018, New York — Late yesterday, a federal court ordered the NYPD to begin using body-worn cameras to film...

Civil Rights Groups Sue NYPD Over Failure to Disclose Information on Gang Policing Policies

August 9, 2018

August 8, 2018, New York – The New York City Police Department (NYPD) maintains a database that classifies thousands of New Yorkers – 99 percent of whom are people of color – as members of local...

Court Orders NYPD to Electronically Record All Citizen Encounters

July 20, 2018

Order Calls for Pilot Program to Study Effectiveness of Documenting All Encounters July 19, 2018, New York — Today, a federal court ordered the NYPD to begin recording all police-citizen...

Civil Rights Attorneys Push Back on NYPD Objections to Stop-and-Frisk Reforms

July 17, 2018

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...

Civil Rights Groups Sue Over Buffalo Police Checkpoints and Discriminatory Traffic Enforcement

June 28, 2018

So-Called “Traffic Safety” Checkpoints and Tickets Target People of Color to Raise Revenue for City, Lawsuit Alleges June 28, 2018, Buffalo, NY – Today, civil rights groups filed a class action...

Civil Rights Organizations Demand Court Order Requiring NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Reforms

June 8, 2018

Organizations that successfully challenged stop and frisk request reforms based on three years of community input June 8, 2018 , New York — Today, the attorneys behind three landmark class actions...

Leading Civil Rights Organizations Statement on Release of Report on Community Reforms to NYPD Practices

May 15, 2018

May 15, New York – Today, a court-appointed facilitator, Ariel Belen, issued a report on community-generated reforms to New York City Police Department (NYPD) stop-and-frisk and trespass arrest...

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LGBTQI Advocates Urge 11 Circuit to Uphold Lower Court Ruling to Provide Medical Care to Transgender Woman in Florida Prison

Donorbox Suspends BDS National Committee’s Account After Threats from Israeli Legal Group

Appeals Court Bats Away Anti-Gay Extremist Scott Lively’s Attempt to Censor Judge

Court Orders NYPD to Film All Citizen Encounters with Body Cameras

Civil Rights Groups Sue NYPD Over Failure to Disclose Information on Gang Policing Policies

Court Orders NYPD to Electronically Record All Citizen Encounters

Civil Rights Attorneys Push Back on NYPD Objections to Stop-and-Frisk Reforms

Civil Rights Groups Sue Over Buffalo Police Checkpoints and Discriminatory Traffic Enforcement

Civil Rights Organizations Demand Court Order Requiring NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Reforms

Leading Civil Rights Organizations Statement on Release of Report on Community Reforms to NYPD Practices

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