Federal appeals court rejects police use of taser against man recovering from diabetic seizure
Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, which sets legal precedent for the states of Florida, Alabama, and Georgia, ruled that a jury could find that police used unconstitutional excessive force when they tasered a man recovering from a diabetic...
Don’t call the police: the disturbing trend of police killing mentally ill individuals
Last month in Alabama, a bipolar, suicidal, 36 year-old woman armed with a pocket knife was killed by police after her concerned family called police for help. Her mother had called police to inform them that the woman was depressed and had threatened to slit her...
Hypocrisy and Human Rights
Part of our task at the CLDC is to uphold and defend the human rights of individuals engaged in political struggle as well as those who, historically, have been systematically deprived of economic and social dignity. The U.S. has committed some of the most serious...
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