Lawyers for Civil Rights is alarmed by the recent statement by the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. The lawlessness stems not from residents but from immigration officials operating with unprecedented violence and blatant disregard for law and order....
Long-Time Decorated Employee of the Boston Police Department Sues the Police Commissioner For Violating His First Amendment Rights Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (POST) Appointment is Not Incompatible With Leadership in the Commonwealth’s Largest Municipal Police Department Today, Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) and Conn Kavanaugh...
Women-of-Color-Led Running Group Profiled And Mistreated At Marathon By Race Organizers and City of Newton Just weeks before the 2025 Boston Marathon, TrailblazHers Run Co., and its founding members––Abeo Powers, Elizabeth Rock, and Frances Ramirez––have secured a major victory in their federal race discrimination lawsuit against the Boston Athletic...
Statement from Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, the Executive Director of Lawyers for Civil Rights, a legal organization in Boston providing free legal support to people of color, immigrants, and low-income people: At Lawyers for Civil Rights, our commitment to advancing civil rights remains unshaken. As a non-profit, non-partisan organization, our...
Statement on Enrique Delgado Garcia At Lawyers for Civil Rights, we are hearing alarming reports that Enrique Delgado Garcia may have been deliberately targeted due to his Latino identity, as one of the few people of color in the Massachusetts State Police Academy. Mr. Delgado Garcia may have been intentionally paired with a more experienced counterpart...
New Report Shows Dramatic Impact of 1970s-Era “Consent Decree” on Police Diversity in Massachusetts Long-Running Federal Court Oversight to End Soon, Raising Concerns About Backsliding A comprehensive new study released by The Brattle Group analyzes the dramatic impact that a 50-year-old federal court case has had on police diversity throughout...
City of Boston To Pay $4.7 Million To Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit Brought By Hope Coleman – Whose Son Terrence Was Killed By Boston Police In 2016 Young Black Man Living With Mental Illness Shot After His Mother Called 911 For Medical Assistance Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) and Fick & Marx LLP announced a $4.7 million settlement in the federal...
Settlement Reached in Racial Profiling Case Filed By Young Black Man Against Arlington, MA Police Town Agrees To Systemic Reforms And Compensation Donovan Johnson, a young Black man who was stopped, held at gunpoint, and thrown to the ground by police in Arlington, Massachusetts who were chasing a white suspect, has settled...
