Parking Lot Strip Search Lawsuit Ends in Settlement
Roadside Strip Search Lawsuit Ends in Settlement
Civil Rights
NAACP Sues Trump Administration, Claiming Discrimination Against Haitian Refugees
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, alleging its decision to rescind a temporary, protected immigration status for Haitians was racially motivated. “The action by the Department of Homeland Security to rescind TPS [temporary protective status] for
Idaho’s Public Defender System Under Scrutiny in Proposed Class Action
An Idaho court has ruled that a lawsuit filed by the state’s American Civil Liberties Union over public defender funding can move to class action status. “This decision is about ensuring even the most vulnerable among us have adequate legal representation and that public defenders have the time and resources they need to defend their
Attorneys Take on Atlanta’s Oppressive System of Bails and Bonds
When police came to arrest Randall McCrary, they found the 45-year old in an unstable state. Covered in his own waste and screaming at convenience store customers, officers took the mentally ill man into custody some four months ago. Once in jail, McCrary couldn’t afford to leave. A municipal court set his bail at $500,
Wisconsin Steers into Settlement Talks with Inmates at Juvenile Detention Facilities
Wisconsin is in settlement talks with juvenile inmates who’d been incarcerated at two juvenile detention facilities. Governor Scott Walker ordered the Lincoln Hill School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls closed, months after a judge demanded that abuse at both institutes be ended. Detainees were helped in taking legal action by the Wisconsin
Flint Water Case Goes to Mediation
While Trump writes off poor, black countries as “shitholes,” ignorant of history and how wealth extraction creates poverty, the Flint water case grinds on.
Wisconsin Taxpayers Shell Out $1m in Death of Former Inmate Jeremy Cunningham
Wisconsin taxpayers are due to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of former inmate Jeremy Cunningham. The 34-year old ex-convict was found dead in his cell by paramedics in 2011. According to Cunningham’s estate and attorneys, a guard at Milwaukee Detention Facility knew the inmate had a heart condition. But for
Crowdfunding Won’t Cure Poverty
School furnace broken? Cancer diagnosis? A failing commons means more people begging for funds, but crowdfunding won’t cure poverty or fix systemic ills.
What Would Ahed Tamimi Do?
Ahed Tamimi is the ginger-haired sixteen year old Palestinian girl currently being held in Israeli prison for slapping soldiers after her cousin was shot.
Religious Landmark May Be Torn Down After Decades
Religious Landmark May Be Torn Down After Decades