In 1989, Graham v. Connor again tested the possibilities for police accountability at the Supreme Court. The standard of “objectively reasonable” became the benchmark for police decision-making, but as Harbani highlights in her poem, “the question is whether an...
Shannon Marcoux recently graduated from Columbia Law School in New York, where her advocacy has been focused primarily at the intersection of human rights and the environment. She will be heading to Cape Town, South Africa for a fellowship with Natural Justice, an...
The newly launched Dicta poetry exhibit unearths the persistence of injustice and highlights, among other injustices, the lack of genuine desire for police accountability. Two poems in particular, LA v. Lyons and Graham v. Connor, illustrate the legacy of police...
On June 21, 2021, a federal judge dismissed all claims against Federal officials in the Black Lives Matter D.C., et al. v. Trump, et al. case where local and federal law enforcement attacked protestors with clubs, shot them with rubber bullets, and tear-gassed them....
By David McDaniels June 14, 2021 Facial recognition is far from the measure of effective justice it is presented to be by police departments and large tech developers. It is regarded as the future of policing and a step away from racial profiling. The New York Police...
We are honored to spotlight our Senior Technology Advisor, Conan Hines. Conan is the Senior Legal Technology Advisor at Clifford Chance. He lives in Beacon, NY with his wife and daughter. They spend a lot of time in their backyard and garden with their dog and three...
