Commemorating Juneteenth

By: Russell Ainsworth On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas, Major General Gordon Granger of the Union Army issued General Order No. 3, a handwritten directive enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 for all remaining enslaved persons in the state.  The legal abolition of American slavery would come six months later in December of 1865,… Read More

A Juneteenth message on client accountability to attorneys litigating innocence cases

By: Josh Tepfer I have been a lawyer working in the innocence movement for fifteen years now. Since I’ve reached this level of experience, younger lawyers—or even experienced lawyers who take on a pro bono innocence case—often reach out to get my advice on an issue they are experiencing in their case. For the last… Read More

Federal judge permits lawsuit of man killed by Kyle Rittenhouse to proceed against City, City officials & Rittenhouse

In an order issued this morning, Judge Lynn Adelman rejected arguments from Defendants—including Kyle Rittenhouse and the City and County of Kenosha. Anthony Huber was one of two men killed by Rittenhouse during demonstrations that occurred in Kenosha, WI in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Milwaukee – Today a federal judge… Read More

More Protesters File Suit Against Denver Over Police Violence At 2020 Protests

Assault by police pepperballs

Without Warning, Denver Police Repeatedly Assaulted Peaceful Protestors with Weapons DENVER – The City and County of Denver this morning face another federal lawsuit seeking damages on behalf of 12 protestors over alleged unconstitutional assaults that Denver Police made on peaceful protesters and following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020. The… Read More

Protesters of George Floyd’s Murder Discuss the Landmark $14M Verdict v. Denver Police

Denver PD attack #BLM protesters

Denver, Colorado – March 29, 2022 To the Denver Community, On Friday, March 25, a federal jury found that the Denver Police used excessive force against us in violation of the First and Fourth Amendments when they indiscriminately attacked massive crowds of peaceful protestors with tear gas grenades, Pepper Ball guns, flash bang explosives, 40mm… Read More

Nine wrongly convicted New Yorkers sue the corrupt cops who framed them & the City that let it happen

Some of the exonorees suing NYPD

New York – This morning, nine in a potential avalanche of wrongfully convicted New Yorkers sued two convicted NYPD officers for framing them, along with New York City for condoning their massive corruption. “For well over a decade, former NYPD Officers Kevin Desormeau and Sasha Cordoba abused their power to frame innocent people for crimes… Read More

Statement of Karen Bloom & John Huber in Response to the Rittenhouse Verdict

Anthony Huber

Kenosha, Wisconsin – We are heartbroken and angry that Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted in his criminal trial for the murder of our son Anthony Huber. There was no justice today for Anthony, or for Mr. Rittenhouse’s other victims, Joseph Rosenbaum and Gaige Grosskreutz. We did not attend the trial because we could not bear to… Read More

Parents of Cedric Lofton Demand Immediate Access to Video Showing Their Teenage Son’s Death in Custody

Cedric Lofton Wrongful Conviction

WICHITA, KS – Relying on the Kansas Open Records Act, Sarah Harrison and Chad Lofton, the parents of Cedric Lofton, demanded transparency into the death of their 17-year-old son. Cedric died from injuries sustain while in custody at the Juvenile Intake Assessment Center in Wichita, Kansas. Earlier today, civil rights attorneys Andrew M. Stroth, Matt… Read More

Ronald Watts’ Victim Sues for City’s Report

Civilian Office of Police Accountaibility

COPA and CPD continue to hide details about its investigation in violation of the Freedom of Information Act CHICAGO – The City’s long-running Sgt. Ronald Watts scandal took a new turn today as one of his victims sued the city for its failure to release its own full report on the Chicago police officers who… Read More

Jon Burge torture survivor Keith Walker,
wrongly imprisoned three decades,
sues the Midnight Crew, City & top cops

Keith Walker today Wrongful Conviction

Walker was finally released after spending more than half of his life locked up for crimes he didn’t commit This morning Chicago police torture survivor Keith Walker sued the City of Chicago and a host of top cops who were part of disgraced Commander Jon Burge’s infamous “Midnight Crew” for torturing him and framing him… Read More