by Sararose Gaines | Nov 19, 2020 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Policing and Law Enforcement, Racial Justice
On March 13th, 2020, Breonna Taylor, an EMT, aspiring nurse, and unarmed Black woman, was fatally shot in her home. Months after she was senselessly killed by police, Kentucky Attorney General, Daniel Cameron, recommended charges against just one of the three officers...
by Chris Stevenson | Oct 30, 2020 | Amicus, Courts & Judicial Interpretation, Criminal Justice, Policing and Law Enforcement
Last week, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Bovat v. Vermont. The petition stemmed from the Vermont Supreme Court’s 3-2 opinion applying Fourth Amendment search jurisprudence. In denying certiorari, Justice Gorsuch, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan, wrote...
by Annamarie Forestiere | Sep 23, 2020 | Amicus, Congress, Criminal Justice, Executive Branch, Human Rights, Legislation, LGBTQ Rights, Policing and Law Enforcement, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice, Sex Equality
Photo by noah eleazar on Unsplash The Problem: America’s Treatment of Black Trans Women Violence against Black trans women has been accurately described as “a pandemic within a pandemic.” This summer, six Black trans women, all under the age of 32, were murdered in...
by Patrick Cremin | Jul 8, 2020 | Amicus, Education & Youth, Policing and Law Enforcement, Racial Justice
Photo by Shopify Partners from Burst Amid mass mobilization to combat anti-Black racism, Black-led efforts to abolish police are gaining wider traction. These efforts require a radical reimagining of our institutions, including those that children interact with most...
by Alexis Yeboah-Kodie | Jul 3, 2020 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Policing and Law Enforcement, Racial Justice
Photo by Life Matters on Pexels The concept of abolition has existed since the first enslaved Africans were brought to the United States in 1619. The contention between abolitionists and their opponents has remained consistent throughout this time. On July 4, 1852...
by Christina Coleburn | Jun 29, 2020 | Amicus, Congress, Criminal Justice, Legal History, Legislation, Policing and Law Enforcement, Racial Justice
Photo credit: Getty Images. Months before his death, Thurgood Marshall warned about apathy in the interminable American pursuit of forming a more perfect union. The Supreme Court justice was born into Jim Crow and built his career upon making racial segregation,...