The Justice Department has reportedly concluded it will not bring civil rights charges against police officer Darren Wilson for shooting unarmed African-American teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson,...
Updated: June 1, 2015
Melissa Harris-Perry explains why the Supreme Court's decision on one case could be among the most historical and consequential choices ever made about fair housing. Nikole Hannah-Jones and Vince...
Updated: June 1, 2015
Click on the date to open/downoad the transcript from each day of the trial. Please note that some testimony stretched between multiple days, and certain witnesses were called back to the stand...
Updated: January 29, 2015
June 2013This week presents a pivotal moment for the New York City Council to do their share in the citywide movement to end the massive violation of rights resulting from the abuse of policing practices like...
Please join us on Thursday, February 12th for oral arguments in Ashker v. Brown , a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at Pelican Bay State Prison who have spent between 10 and 28 years in...
Updated: February 2, 2015
Join CCR at the Brooklyn Public Library for a film screening of Herman's House and community conversation with Executive Director Vince Warren and others about the justice system in New York, in...
Updated: May 8, 2015
March 2015It’s stop-and-frisk 101. Cops were given new step-by-step instructions on how and when to conduct stop-and-frisks, the Daily News has learned. ... Read the full piece .
March 2015Police reform advocates expressed cautious optimism this week over a new set of guidelines for when New York City police officers can stop and frisk people on the street, a reform aimed at reining in...
March 2015" Months after failing to scuttle a landmark settlement to reform stop-and-frisk policies, five New York City police unions muscled their way Thursday into playing a limited role on the deal's...
November 2014" A New York City police officer shot and killed a “totally innocent” man in what law enforcement officials believe was a tragic accident, the city’s police commissioner said Friday"A New York City...
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