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William Henry Jamerson spent 24 yrs in prison for a crime he did not commit. Despite requests to release it, authorities denied the existence of DNA evidence. That's where NPAP member Dan Smolen came in. After a 7 year legal battle, Mr. Jamerson is exonerated and free.
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City of Tulsa to pay wrongfully convicted man $26.25 million
"I don’t be playing around with my freedom," said William Henry Jamerson.When we interviewed him back in April he had just filed an 89 page lawsuit in federal c
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November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
William Henry Jamerson spent 24 yrs in prison for a crime he did not commit. Despite requests to release it, authorities denied the existence of DNA evidence. That's where NPAP member Dan Smolen came in. After a 7 year legal battle, Mr. Jamerson is exonerated and free.
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Hall said the aggressive tactics used by troops and federal agents resembles policing during the Jim Crow era. She said Black communities have been historically over-policed, and described this as a legacy of American slavery.
#BlackskyNews
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Some Black police officials worry more federal agents will breed community mistrust
Missouri's governor recently authorized the state's National Guard to assist ICE with clerical duties. Black police officers fear the trust they've built with communities of color could take years to ...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Hall said the aggressive tactics used by troops and federal agents resembles policing during the Jim Crow era. She said Black communities have been historically over-policed, and described this as a legacy of American slavery.
#BlackskyNews
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Great article about a case of mine where the MacArthur Justice Center skillfully handled the appeal, and @aclumn.bsky.social, @ij.org, @npapjustice.bsky.social, and @jesspish.bsky.social & Farhang Heydari filed important amicus briefs!
In a court victory from the 2021 resistance to Line 3 pipeline construction in MN, a federal appeals court ruled that police officers who use excessive force on protesters are not entitled to qualified immunity and cannot use excessive force to prompt compliance.
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Federal Court Ruling Limits Police Qualified Immunity in Line 3 Excessive Force Case - UNICORN RIOT
Police officers who use excessive force on protesters are not entitled to qualified immunity and cannot use excessive force to prompt compliance, a federal appeals court ruled on Sept. 17.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Great article about a case of mine where the MacArthur Justice Center skillfully handled the appeal, and @aclumn.bsky.social, @ij.org, @npapjustice.bsky.social, and @jesspish.bsky.social & Farhang Heydari filed important amicus briefs!
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Join us and seasoned civil rights attorneys in Kansas City or virtually as we learn how to effectively litigate jail and prison cases from the investigation through trial.
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Today is National Dog Day.
In North Carolina, a police officer who resigned after a video went viral of him abusing a K-9 has been rehired by a nearby sheriff's department. @dailycaller.bsky.social
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In North Carolina, a police officer who resigned after a video went viral of him abusing a K-9 has been rehired by a nearby sheriff's department. @dailycaller.bsky.social
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REPORT: Officer Accused Of Abusing K-9 Finds New Police Department To Work At
A former Salisbury police officer accused of abusing a canine was recently sworn in as a deputy at the Union County Sheriff's Office, according to WSOC-TV 9.
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August 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Today is National Dog Day.
In North Carolina, a police officer who resigned after a video went viral of him abusing a K-9 has been rehired by a nearby sheriff's department. @dailycaller.bsky.social
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In North Carolina, a police officer who resigned after a video went viral of him abusing a K-9 has been rehired by a nearby sheriff's department. @dailycaller.bsky.social
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🗣Calling all PUBLIC DEFENDERS! Law enforcement misconduct records are crucial to building and winning cases. This September, learn how to track them using tools you already have with Julie Ciccolini of Techtivist.
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August 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🗣Calling all PUBLIC DEFENDERS! Law enforcement misconduct records are crucial to building and winning cases. This September, learn how to track them using tools you already have with Julie Ciccolini of Techtivist.
📝Sign up at the link in our bio or at bit.ly/PDstrategy1
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"'When deployed to non-violent, non-urgent calls for service, unarmed crisis responders have been shown to minimize the potential for escalation and address critical mental health emergencies in a manner that prioritizes compassion and safety,' the report said."
L.A. touts results of using unarmed civilians instead of cops for some emergencies
For the past year, Los Angeles has been testing a program that dispatches specially trained civilians who don’t carry guns in response to certain calls for help from the public. A report released earl...
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August 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"'When deployed to non-violent, non-urgent calls for service, unarmed crisis responders have been shown to minimize the potential for escalation and address critical mental health emergencies in a manner that prioritizes compassion and safety,' the report said."
Unfortunately, most settlements include a waiver that does not require any admission of wrongdoing. NPAP Executive Director speaks on the alarming rise in settlements and the backlash against reform since 2020.
Kansas City has paid $6 million in police lawsuits in 2025. It’s only August
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Kansas City has paid $6 million in police lawsuits in 2025. It’s only August
Settlements for wrongful death and excessive force lawsuits, along with other claims, against Kansas City police have totaled more than $20.8 million in the past four and a half years.
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August 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Unfortunately, most settlements include a waiver that does not require any admission of wrongdoing. NPAP Executive Director speaks on the alarming rise in settlements and the backlash against reform since 2020.
“It really does have this potential to contribute to the growing law enforcement surveillance state," said NPAP Executive Director Lauren Bonds.
How will information be collected, stored & shared with federal law enforcement or other agencies? With the rise of federal overreach, we need answers.
How will information be collected, stored & shared with federal law enforcement or other agencies? With the rise of federal overreach, we need answers.
For Huntington Beach police , unmanned drones will soon replace officers as a first-response option for 911 calls trib.al/t7op87W
In Huntington Beach, drones will soon replace police officers as first-response option for 911 calls
The Drones as First Responders Program will begin Sept. 13.
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August 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
“It really does have this potential to contribute to the growing law enforcement surveillance state," said NPAP Executive Director Lauren Bonds.
How will information be collected, stored & shared with federal law enforcement or other agencies? With the rise of federal overreach, we need answers.
How will information be collected, stored & shared with federal law enforcement or other agencies? With the rise of federal overreach, we need answers.
As NPAP Executive Director Lauren Bonds shares with the @texasobserver.org, access only to complaints that resulted in discipline provides "a very, very small snapshot of the types of problems people may be having."
ALL misconduct records are a vital matter of public interest and safety.
ALL misconduct records are a vital matter of public interest and safety.
“This is the most massive secrecy grab in Texas since the adoption of the Public Information Act.”
Last week's top story: This bill would supercharge cops' ability to hide misconduct.
Last week's top story: This bill would supercharge cops' ability to hide misconduct.
Texas Lawmakers Push ‘Massive Secrecy Grab’ to Shield Police Files
As public attention has shifted away from policing reform, legislators attempt to shove information into the dark.
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August 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
As NPAP Executive Director Lauren Bonds shares with the @texasobserver.org, access only to complaints that resulted in discipline provides "a very, very small snapshot of the types of problems people may be having."
ALL misconduct records are a vital matter of public interest and safety.
ALL misconduct records are a vital matter of public interest and safety.
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Featured story: Nearly 1.5M Texans now live in jurisdictions where sheriffs or police chiefs have agreed to train some of their officers to act as immigration agents in the streets of their communities. These agreements currently cover around 30 Texas law enforcement agencies.
ICE 'Task Force' Agreements Expand to Galveston, Beaumont
As Immigration and Customs Enforcement rolls out necessary training, the Galveston County Sheriff's Office joins a growing list of Texas law enforcement agencies deputizing officers to serve as…
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August 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Featured story: Nearly 1.5M Texans now live in jurisdictions where sheriffs or police chiefs have agreed to train some of their officers to act as immigration agents in the streets of their communities. These agreements currently cover around 30 Texas law enforcement agencies.
We already know facial recognition is used for racial profiling. Under the current administration, that comes with threat of deportation.
We stand with our partners in New Orleans in resisting this dangerous ordinance. @boltsmag.org
We stand with our partners in New Orleans in resisting this dangerous ordinance. @boltsmag.org
New Orleans officials are currently asking a federal court to terminate a consent decree that restricts their police force activities, including their participation in immigration enforcement. The matter is still pending in court.
New Orleans May Hand Its Police Live Facial Recognition Tech. Critics Warn It’ll Help ICE.
The city says it won’t lend this tool to ICE for surveillance. But a state law requires that local officials assist ICE, and New Orleans also wants to end a court order restricting compliance.
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August 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We already know facial recognition is used for racial profiling. Under the current administration, that comes with threat of deportation.
We stand with our partners in New Orleans in resisting this dangerous ordinance. @boltsmag.org
We stand with our partners in New Orleans in resisting this dangerous ordinance. @boltsmag.org
Essential new listening from our friends at @legaldefensefund.bsky.social on why police traffic enforcement doesn't mean safer roads. Hear from our partners at Decarcerate Memphis who we work with to hold cops accountable following DOJ retreat from consent decrees. tminstituteldf.org/driving-whil...
Driving While Black - The Thurgood Marshall Institute at LDF
The U.S. has relied on armed law enforcement to enforce traffic laws but evidence does not support the notion that police traffic enforcement improves public safety.
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August 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Essential new listening from our friends at @legaldefensefund.bsky.social on why police traffic enforcement doesn't mean safer roads. Hear from our partners at Decarcerate Memphis who we work with to hold cops accountable following DOJ retreat from consent decrees. tminstituteldf.org/driving-whil...
Trump's DOJ refuses to protect Black people from racist policing, voter suppression & voter discrimination. That's where civil rights orgs like NPAP step in, helping the Black residents of Lexington file lawsuits where the government won't. @ballsandstrikes.org @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Trump's DOJ refuses to protect Black people from racist policing, voter suppression & voter discrimination. That's where civil rights orgs like NPAP step in, helping the Black residents of Lexington file lawsuits where the government won't. @ballsandstrikes.org @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
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August 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The military should not be deployed to police our neighborhoods. bit.ly/4fvKgA4
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72 likes, 2 comments. “The military should not be deployed to police our neighborhoods. Click the link in our bio to read more. ”
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August 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The military should not be deployed to police our neighborhoods. bit.ly/4fvKgA4
Florida Highway Patrol is fully empowered to conduct immigration arrests. And they don't use body cameras. We need transparency more than ever, especially in a state at the forefront of this administration's aggressive mass deportation agenda. More via www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
Florida leading agency for immigration arrests doesn't use body cameras. Why it matters.
Florida Highway Patrol is the state's leading agency in immigration arrests, and its troopers don't wear body-worn cameras, a standard transparency asset.
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August 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Florida Highway Patrol is fully empowered to conduct immigration arrests. And they don't use body cameras. We need transparency more than ever, especially in a state at the forefront of this administration's aggressive mass deportation agenda. More via www.tallahassee.com/story/news/l...
In recent months, ICE agents have:
🚨Arrested & deported US citizens
🚨Caused car crashes in pursuits
🚨Brandished weapons against the unarmed
🚨Detained elected officials
Now more than ever, we need the courts to clear pathways for accountability @law360.bsky.social www.law360.com/articles/237...
🚨Arrested & deported US citizens
🚨Caused car crashes in pursuits
🚨Brandished weapons against the unarmed
🚨Detained elected officials
Now more than ever, we need the courts to clear pathways for accountability @law360.bsky.social www.law360.com/articles/237...
Strategies For ICE Agent Misconduct Suits In The 11th Circ. - Law360 UK
Attorneys have numerous pathways to pursue misconduct claims against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the Eleventh Circuit, and they need not wait for the court to correct its misint...
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August 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In recent months, ICE agents have:
🚨Arrested & deported US citizens
🚨Caused car crashes in pursuits
🚨Brandished weapons against the unarmed
🚨Detained elected officials
Now more than ever, we need the courts to clear pathways for accountability @law360.bsky.social www.law360.com/articles/237...
🚨Arrested & deported US citizens
🚨Caused car crashes in pursuits
🚨Brandished weapons against the unarmed
🚨Detained elected officials
Now more than ever, we need the courts to clear pathways for accountability @law360.bsky.social www.law360.com/articles/237...
How do you assault someone and keep your badge? How do you get drunk, kill someone off-duty, and still carry a gun? That's APD right now, and we just filed a FOIA request to expose it. Comment and share so that more people see how dangerous this is.
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Civil rights groups demand internal Atlanta police records for 2 officers
Two civil rights organizations are reportedly calling on the Atlanta Police Department to release internal records they say could reveal a troubling pattern of misconduct by off-duty officers.
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August 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
How do you assault someone and keep your badge? How do you get drunk, kill someone off-duty, and still carry a gun? That's APD right now, and we just filed a FOIA request to expose it. Comment and share so that more people see how dangerous this is.
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#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 2014: Police officer Darren Wilson shoots and kills Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, in Ferguson, Mo., sparking protests that soon spread across the country. The militarized police response illustrated the chasm between police and communities of color.
Today in history, 2014: Police officer Darren Wilson shoots and kills Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, in Ferguson, Mo., sparking protests that soon spread across the country. The militarized police response illustrated the chasm between police and communities of color.
August 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Today in history, 2014: Police officer Darren Wilson shoots and kills Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, in Ferguson, Mo., sparking protests that soon spread across the country. The militarized police response illustrated the chasm between police and communities of color.
Today in history, 2014: Police officer Darren Wilson shoots and kills Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, in Ferguson, Mo., sparking protests that soon spread across the country. The militarized police response illustrated the chasm between police and communities of color.
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On this day in 2014, Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, was killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. A grand jury refused to indict the officer, who was never held accountable.
Aug. 9, 2014 | White Police Officer Shoots and Kills Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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August 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On this day in 2014, Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, was killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. A grand jury refused to indict the officer, who was never held accountable.
This is why we need to continue to watch closely & demand accountability from every branch of government.
We are more at risk of state abuse of power than ever. We stand with our member attorneys & other civil rights law groups in refusing to turn a blind eye.
We are more at risk of state abuse of power than ever. We stand with our member attorneys & other civil rights law groups in refusing to turn a blind eye.
NEW: Police bodycam footage introduced at the trial of Jared Wise showed him berating police officers on Jan. 6, 2021, and yelling "kill 'em" as rioters attacked law enforcement. He’s now working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice.
Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
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August 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This is why we need to continue to watch closely & demand accountability from every branch of government.
We are more at risk of state abuse of power than ever. We stand with our member attorneys & other civil rights law groups in refusing to turn a blind eye.
We are more at risk of state abuse of power than ever. We stand with our member attorneys & other civil rights law groups in refusing to turn a blind eye.
Since January, Big Law has increasingly avoided joining with NPAP and other activist organizations on cases that hold the administration to account, from immigration to police accountability. But we're not backing down. Give to our fight bit.ly/givetoNPAP.
@propublica.org
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August 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Since January, Big Law has increasingly avoided joining with NPAP and other activist organizations on cases that hold the administration to account, from immigration to police accountability. But we're not backing down. Give to our fight bit.ly/givetoNPAP.
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Do you have information about Big Law spurning clients who might incur Trump's anger? Get in touch: molly.redden@propublica.org or on Signal at mollyredden.14
New from me: Big Law is fearful of representing anyone Trump sees as his enemies, and it's thwarting challenges to his agenda.
“There are cases that aren’t being brought at a time when civil rights abuses are maybe at the highest they’ve been.” www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“There are cases that aren’t being brought at a time when civil rights abuses are maybe at the highest they’ve been.” www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s War on Big Law Means It’s Harder to Challenge the Administration
Some of America’s largest law firms are refusing to take pro bono and paid legal work from groups that seek to hold the government to account on issues like environmental protection, LGBTQ+ rights and...
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August 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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13. #BlackAugust is a time of reflection, particularly to those who are political prisoners, the forgotten, the exiled (like Assata), and those who resist as a whole.
Here's my booklist for Black August.
Free All political prisoners ✊🏾
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Here's my booklist for Black August.
Free All political prisoners ✊🏾
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August 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
13. #BlackAugust is a time of reflection, particularly to those who are political prisoners, the forgotten, the exiled (like Assata), and those who resist as a whole.
Here's my booklist for Black August.
Free All political prisoners ✊🏾
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Here's my booklist for Black August.
Free All political prisoners ✊🏾
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