WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued the following joint statement with leading national racial justice organizational leaders on the bicameral introduction of the Justice in Policing Act: "This nation is facing another crisis of police killing Black people. While these killings underscore how much systemic racism endures in our nation, this moment has been met with a movement of people across the country demanding transformative change. Our organiza more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement by President and Executive Director Kristen Clarke: Alarm bells have been sounded in Georgia's presidential primary and down-ballot elections as state and local officials reacted to the chaos as voters faced long lines and confusion as they attempted to cast their votes in-person. "We are deeply disturbed by widespread reports of malfunctioning machines, long lines, polling sites that open more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: Is the 22-year mark of the horrific hate crime that took the life of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas. On June 7, 1998, Mr. Byrd, a Black 49-year-old father of three, had just left a friend's anniversary party and was walking home, when a pickup truck with three white supremacists in it stopped and picked him up. The next morning Mr. Byrd's body was found - he had been beaten, chained to t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement by President and Executive Director Kristen Clarke: Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced his decision to postpone contract negotiations with the police union representing the city's officers in order to conduct a more thorough review of the proposed contract and its provisions. Chief Arradondo intends to restructure the contract to provide more transparency and flexibility for more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, June 12 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release: California Common Cause, the League of Women Voters of California and the L.A.-based organization, Community Coalition, filed a motion to intervene in Republican National Committee v. Newsom and Issa v. Newsom (both related cases). These cases challenge Governor Newsom's executive order N-64-20 that requires county elections boards to send automatic mail-in ballots to all regi more PR

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Peace Corps issued the following statement on June 10 by Director Jody Olsen: The Peace Corps family-both at home and around the world-is outraged and saddened by the killing of George Floyd. We mourn his life and all Black lives lost to beliefs, behaviors, and practices that continue to be embedded in systems of racism throughout the United States. Hundreds and thousands of peaceful demonstrators here in the U.S. and in many countries around the world, including cou more PR

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. David Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Chair David N. Cicilline (RI-01) is introducing new legislation that will place needed limits on President Trump's authority to deploy the United States Armed Forces against American citizens who are protesting police brutality. CBS News has reported that Trump attempted to deploy 10,000 troops into American communities last week. "President Trum more PR