…of former Chicago police Lt. Jon Burge, who gained notoriety for torturing more than 200 criminal suspects between 1972 and 1991 in order to force confessions. With the help of…
Responding to public outrage at the disclosure of a “Muslim Surveillance Program” by the New York City Police Department (NYPD), the NYPD agreed in court filings in early January to…
…Force. A playbook of aggressive anti-free speech policies and police tactics that commonly accompany NSSEs were first developed in Philadelphia during the RNC 2000 by then-Police Commissioner John Timoney. These…
…Black youth who Chicago Police had shot and killed just days before. Activists and NLG members partnered with the mothers of several arrestees to raise nearly $30,000 to bond everyone…
…Black-Led Legal Support: Is This a Turning Point for the NLG? Guild Members Help Asylum Seekers in Dilley, Texas The Perfect Time to Go Solo NLG-SF Bay Area’s Police &…
Deadly Force” Revisited: Transparency and Accountability for D.C. Police Use of Force by Karen Hopkins Could or Must? Apprendi’s Application to Indeterminate Sentencing Systems After Alleyne by David Loudon Book…
…than a year earlier, in the wake of another fatal police shooting, 18-year-old Davontae Ruth was charged with aggravated assault of a police officer. His bail was set at just…
…the acquittal of Michael Brelo, a Cleveland police officer charged in connection with the deaths of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams in November 2012. Protesters were pushed into and trapped…
…/ heidiboghosian@gmail.com Army infiltrator John Towery over a two-year period beginning in 2006, spied on the antiwar group Port Militarization Resistance (PMR), Students for a Democratic Society, the Industrial Workers…
… 2. Rabble Rousing with Rappers The NLG’s mass defense work caught the attention of recording artists engaged in the fight against racist police brutality. Acclaimed rap group Run the…
