A legal group that fought the landmark civil-rights case in which the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policies were found to be racially discriminatory and unconstitutional is once again...
A legal group that fought the landmark civil-rights case in which the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policies were found to be racially discriminatory and unconstitutional is once again...
... “It really drove a wedge between police and communities,” said Darius Charney, a senior attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights . The organization filed a lawsuit against the NYPD for...
In 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...
When 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...
The 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”)...
