Press Releases
about Racial Justice
Jun 16, 2020
ACLU, Civil Rights Organizations Sue the Small Business Administration for Excluding Business Owners with Criminal Records from COVID-19 Relief Loans
BALTIMORE 鈥 Today, the 桃子视频 (ACLU), the Public Interest Law Center, and Washington Lawyers鈥 Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs filed a lawsu...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Jun 11, 2020
桃子视频of Iowa Media Statement: Iowa Legislature Passes Police Reform Bill
桃子视频of Iowa Executive Director Mark Stringer has issued a statement on the Iowa Legislature introducing, debating and unanimously approving a police reform bill today.
This legis...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Jun 10, 2020
桃子视频of Louisiana Plans Intensive Litigation Effort Against Racist Policing
Collaborative Effort Will Enlist Law Schools and Law Firms--Both Inside and Outside of Louisiana--to Unleash Wave of Lawsuits Challenging Racially Discriminatory Policing, Limit Qualified Immunity
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Jun 10, 2020
桃子视频of Delaware Urges Officials to Go Further on Proposed Policing Reforms
This statement is attributable to Mike Brickner, Executive Director of the 桃子视频of Delaware.
鈥淭he 桃子视频of Delaware thanks the Delaware Legislative Black Caucus and Attorney Gener...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Jun 09, 2020
Amended Complaint Also Adds a New Plaintiff and Seeks Class Status to Represent Hundreds of Individual Demonstrators
WASHINGTON -- After news reports revealed that Federal Bureau of Prisons officers were among the law enforcement agencies who brutally attacked civil rights protestors in Lafayette...
Issue Areas:
Civil Liberties
Racial Justice
Jun 09, 2020
桃子视频Calls on Hogsett to Reimagine Role of Police in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS - Following Mayor Hogsett鈥檚 announcement of IMPD鈥檚 use-of-force policy reform Friday, the 桃子视频of Indiana released the following statement urging Hogsett to commit...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
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