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John Leonard Burris (born May 8, 1945) [1] [2] is an American civil rights attorney, based in Oakland, California, known for his work in police brutality cases representing plaintiffs. The John Burris law firm practices employment, criminal defense, DUI, personal injury, and landlord tenant law.
In 2003, the parties entered into a settlement. Part of that settlement saw a $10.9 million payout to the 119 plaintiffs. Additionally, the Oakland Police Department was required to comply with a series of reforms. An independent monitoring team was appointed by the court to ensure the police complied with the settlement.
PoliceWatch was founded in 1995 as a hotline for victims of police brutality, lawyer referral, and compilation of a database on officers named in complaints. The hotline was based in a closet-sized office donated by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights. [3] The need for assistance was great, so Bay Area PoliceWatch quickly outgrew the space.
For George Floyd protest records, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office has been slightly more transparent than the city’s police department. California law mandates access to police discipline ...
Benjamin L. Crump College of Law is the only law school in the country named after a currently practicing African American lawyer and the second in the country to be named after an African American. [108] In 2023, Crump was awarded the Social Impact Award at the NAACP Image Awards.
Johnnie Lee Cochran Jr. [1] (/ ˈ k ɒ k r ə n / KOK-rən; October 2, 1937 – March 29, 2005) was an American attorney from California who was involved in numerous civil rights and police brutality cases throughout his 38-year career spanning from 1964 to 2002.
Excessive force reports made up more than 23 percent of all police misconduct reports in 2010, according to the Cato Institute's National Police Misconduct Reporting Project. Of those excessive ...
Stephen Yagman (born December 19, 1944) is an American federal civil rights lawyer, who also handles criminal defense and habeas corpus matters. He has a reputation for being an exceptionally zealous advocate in cases regarding allegations of police brutality.