Groups Challenge “Emergency Manager” Law July 24, 2018, Detroit, MI – Today, civil rights attorneys urged a federal court to allow a lawsuit challenging Michigan’s controversial Emergency Manager Law...
CCR is a proud community sponsor of Sanctuary presented by The Dream Unfinished on Friday July 27, 2018 at 7pm. Sanctuary is a festival of music celebrating artists who identify as immigrants or...
Join CCR's Executive Director, Vince Warren, at Netroots Nation 2018 as he discusses the importance of policy and ligtigation in our current political landscpae. The discussion will take place in...
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...
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...
Two civil rights groups are suing the NYPD for blocking requests for documents showing how the department enters New Yorkers into its gang database. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the Center for...
...But the NYPD’s response to public records requests by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and the Center for Constitutional Rights belies the chief’s assertions. ... Read the full piece here.
... “The NYPD’s so-called ‘Criminal Group Database’ and gang policing practices are a black box that, like stop-and-frisk before them, have subjected thousands of young people of color in New York...
On September 1st and 2nd, the Center for Constitutional Rights film, HASSAN V. NYPD, will be screened at the annual Islamic Society of North America Film Festival. The Film Festival will run in...
... Both are the subject of a federal civil rights lawsuit filed in June against the City of Buffalo by the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Center for Law and Economic Justice and the...
