Court Cases

Keyon Harrison, an African American 16-year-old, was walking home from school when he saw another youth with a model truck and paused to look at it. Grand Rapids police stopped Keyon, took his picture, and fingerprinted him even though Keyon did nothing more than admire a toy.

Although the court system is a public service, like schools, roads and libraries, the costs of the court system fall disproportionately on those least able to afford it: low-income criminal defendants.

We continue to challenge Donald Trump's ban on Muslims in court.

In 1971 legendary federal judge Damon Keith held that the City of Hamtramck had "intentionally planned and implemented a series of urban renewal projects and other government programs designed to remove a substantial portion of Black citizens from the city, in violation of plaintiffs’" rights.