Lawsuit Alleging Environmental Racism in Louisiana Parish Allowed to Proceed April 11, 2025 By Jack Brook A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black...
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Minnesota Trooper in Fatal Shooting of Black Man November 1, 2024 A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit against a white Minnesota state trooper who shot and killed a...
Court Reviews Civil Rights Lawsuit Alleging Environmental Racism in Louisiana Parish October 9, 2024 By Jack Brook NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appellate court is reviewing a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged...
Boston Man Hopes His Civil Rights Suit Bankrupts White Supremacist Group August 15, 2023 By Mark Pratt A Black teacher and musician who says members of a white nationalist hate group punched, kicked and beat him with...
Sesame Place to Train Workers on Diversity After $25M Lawsuit August 12, 2022 PHILADELPHIA (AP) —Sesame Place has announced the implementation of diversity and inclusion training for its employees following a $25 million...
Lawsuit: Death of Kansas Black Teen at Juvenile Center Foreshadowed June 15, 2022 By Roxana Hegeman The death of a Black teenager at a Kansas juvenile detention center was foreshadowed five years earlier by a state...
New Jersey Domestic Violence Victim Suing Prosecutor Over Being Named August 19, 2021 A New Jersey woman who killed her abusive ex-fiance can proceed with a lawsuit that claims her rights as a...
Louisville Agrees to Pay Breonna Taylor’s Family $12 Million, Enact Police Reforms September 16, 2020 By Fola Akinnibi Louisville, Kentucky agreed to pay the family of Breonna Taylor a $12 million settlement and enact a series of reforms...
Lawsuit: Tennessee City Violated Civil Rights in Disbanding Police Department July 30, 2019 A Tennessee city is accused of violating the civil rights of its police department when it abruptly disbanded the agency...
Trial Over Oklahoma Jail Inmate’s Death Ends in $10M Jury Verdict March 23, 2017 An attorney for the estate of a man who was naked and paralyzed when he died in a cell in...