Following a recommendation made by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice earlier this week, Boston Police Department (BPD) Commissioner William Evans announced yesterday that BPD command staff will voluntarily wear body cameras to demonstrate support for the pilot body cam program. Our call for BPD command leadership to themselves wear body cams
Responding to concerns of discrimination raised by civil rights groups, researchers, and scores of individuals on social media, Airbnb announced today that it would take a number of steps aimed at stamping out discrimination by Airbnb hosts against minority renters. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice (LCCREJ) is proud to have played a key role
“As a gay Latino, I was deeply saddened by the massacre that took place in a Latino LGBT space in Orlando” said Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, the executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice to the Rainbow Times. “The bottom line is that we can’t talk about Orlando as an LGBT incident
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit will hear oral arguments tomorrow in a case of far-reaching importance concerning diversity in the Boston Police Department. Jones v. City of Boston challenges a discriminatory and unreliable hair test used by the Boston Police Department to determine drug use. The hair test is particularly unreliable
BODY CAMERAS WILL HELP BRING ACCOUNTABILITY TO BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT Obstructionist Police Union Lawsuit Should Be Dismissed Police departments across the country have begun equipping officers with body cameras, as research shows that their use reduces use-of-force and citizen complaints. At a time of increasing tension between law enforcement and communities of color, a properly-implemented body camera policy helps provide accountability
