3/09/18 Leading civil rights groups filed an amicus brief in the New York State Court of Appeals in The People v. Nicholas Hill. In the case, a split First Department panel ruled that a police encounter — in which officers asked Mr. Hill, an African-American man outside a New York City Housing Authority residence, to turn over his … Continue reading Leading Civil Rights Organizations Urge Court to Recognize How Oppressive and Racially Biased Policing Constrains the Freedom to Leave