Posts in Civil Rights

May 17 Advocates Sue LAPD for Warlike Tactics During Traffic Stop Against Decorated Black Military Veteran With PTSD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 17, 2022 Re:Decorated Black Military Veteran Sues LAPD for Warlike Tactics During Traffic Stop ...

May 16 Federal Court Rules LAPD Officer Used Excessive Force in 2019 Venice Beach Shooting

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 16 2022 Re: Federal Court Rules LAPD Officer Used Excessive Lethal Force Case No. ...

May 09 Knock LA Journalists Sue LAPD for Illegally Arresting Them For Doing Their Job

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 9, 2022 Re: Journalists Sue LAPD for Illegal Arrests at Echo Park Lake Case No. 2:22-cv-03106 ...

Mar 11 CAIR-LA, Partners Welcome ‘Partial Victory’ in FBI v. Fazaga After SCOTUS Rules Muslim Plaintiffs Can Still Pursue Religious Discrimination Claims

The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA), the ACLU, and UCLA’s Center for ...

Mar 11 Supreme Court Allows Suit Against FBI For Spying On Muslims To Move Forward

In a challenge to the FBI’s discriminatory surveillance of three Muslim American men, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the ...

Feb 16 Judge Orders Trial On Phoenix Police's Excessive Use Of Force Against Protestors

Phoenix, AZ — This week, a federal judge ordered a trial in the case Puente v. City of Phoenix , a case that was filed by the ACLU ...