by Don Owens | Jun 26, 2020 | Press Releases
(Raleigh, N.C.) – North Carolina-based advocacy groups are concerned about possible Raleigh police violence against peaceful protesters at the Pride in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter rally this weekend, a letter sent to Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown on behalf...
by Don Owens | Jun 25, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Exactly one month after George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote to approve the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Floyd’s arrest and death sparked a widespread movement across the...
by Don Owens | Jun 24, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The U.S. Senate voted 52-48 today to confirm Cory Wilson to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The following is a statement from Erinn D. Martin, policy counsel at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law:...
by Don Owens | Jun 23, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Earlier this evening, dozens of prospective voters in Jefferson County, Kentucky, an area with more than 700,000 people, found themselves banging on the doors of the Kentucky Exposition Center, demanding that they be allowed in to vote....
by Don Owens | Jun 23, 2020 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Following action taken by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Network Solutions has acted against two white supremacist sites, niggermania.com and VDARE.com. Last month, the Lawyers’ Committee issued a demand letter to Network...
by Don Owens | Jun 19, 2020 | Blog, Press Releases
Protesters, journalists, and advocates in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, with the help of national and local civil rights groups, won a victory for personal rights and the Constitution today. A N.C. a North Carolina Superior Court judge granted a temporary restraining order...
