October 5, 2016In the last two weeks, some Americans have heard more about a controversial New York City Police Department tactic — “stop and frisk” — than possibly ever before. A whole host of conservative...
CCR Legal Director Baher Azmy will join a distinguished panel titled, "How Can Strategic Litigation Deliver Transformative Change? International Perspectives." The panel is part of a larger three-day...
Updated: October 7, 2016
October 3, 2016When a federal judge declared the New York police’s version of stop-and-frisk unconstitutional in 2013, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and other fans of the practice predicted the murder rate would soar...
September 30, 2016The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) won its legal challenge to the New York City Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy more than three years ago. But suddenly the phones in our offices are...
Stephanie Llanes is a Bertha Justice Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she works in the Government Misconduct Racial Justice docket. Stephanie earned her J.D. from UC Berkeley...
Britney Wilson is a Bertha Justice Fellow in the Government Misconduct Racial Justice docket. Prior to joining the Center for Constitutional Rights, Britney was a Karpatkin Fellow in the Racial...
October 20, 2016, New York – Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law (“Case Western Reserve”)...
On Friday, October 21, 2016 the Public Safety Committee of the New York City Council held an oversight hearing of the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB). CCR Advocacy Program Manager Nahal Zamani...
Updated: January 10, 2017
October 20, 2016Human rights attorneys filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday for failing to release documents on the agencies’ surveillance of...
October 21, 2016Two groups seeking records from federal authorities over their monitoring protesters of police-involved shootings are suing the FBI and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, saying both agencies...
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