In the summer of 2012, the Buffalo Police Department created a "Strike Force" Unit to aggressively patrol and conduct vehicle checkpoints in "high crime" areas of the city. While purportedly set up...
Updated: June 3, 2026
Mahmoud Khalil is a Palestinian activist and graduate student at Columbia University who was active with Columbia's Gaza Solidarity Encampment, serving as negotiator with the university and speaking...
Updated: May 30, 2026
In October 2019, NYPD then-Sergeant Jonathan Rivera shot and killed Allan Feliz during a traffic stop in the Bronx. NYPD officers stated they pulled Allan over for allegedly not wearing a seatbelt,...
Updated: May 27, 2026
UNRWA USA National Committee, Inc. (UNRWA USA) is a U.S. nonprofit that supports the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) . Following the attacks of...
Updated: May 5, 2026
UNRWA USA National Committee Inc. (UNRWA USA) is a U.S. nonprofit that supports the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Following the attacks of...
Updated: May 5, 2026
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (“GHF”) aka “Global Humanitarian Fund” is a private corporation registered on November 11, 2024 as a “charitable nonprofit” in Delaware. The Boston Consulting Group...
Updated: April 17, 2026
This case aims to end the state of Pennsylvania’s mandatory imposition of death-by-incarceration sentences, otherwise known as life without parole, for Derek Lee and others convicted of felony murder...
Updated: March 26, 2026
In 2023, news reports exposed a years-long pattern of torture, extreme violence, and other abusive practices by deputies in the Sheriff’s Office to coerce confessions and manufacture evidence for...
Updated: January 22, 2026
A federal class action lawsuit against the City of New York that challenges the NYPD's practices of racial profiling and unconstitutional stop and frisks.
Updated: January 21, 2026
In September 2024, Ms. C, a 23-year-old woman, and mother of two older children, gave birth to twins. At the time, overwhelmed and without adequate support, she felt that she could not give the twins...
Updated: January 13, 2026
Dr. Badar Khan Suri is a visiting scholar and postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, and an Indian national. He is married to a United States citizen of Palestinian origin whose family is from...
Updated: December 4, 2025
Center for Constitutional Rights lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on May 29, 2025, seeking records of the Trump administration’s communications with...
Updated: November 20, 2025
Melika Olya, an Iranian native, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus on March 13, 2025, challenging the legality of her indefinite detention at the El Paso Service Processing Center in Texas...
Updated: November 14, 2025
Tawfic Abdel Jabbar was a 17-year-old American citizen born and raised in Gretna, Louisiana. His family moved to the United States nearly 30 years ago, where his father and uncle opened a Louisiana...
Updated: August 22, 2025
The Center for Constitional Rights seeks damages from the United States government pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) on behalf of Mahmoud Khalil. The adminstrative claim describes...
Updated: July 10, 2025
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