1.0The Thurgood Marshall Institute at LDFhttps://tminstituteldf.orgCourtney Taylorhttps://tminstituteldf.org/author/ctaylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://tminstituteldf.org/press/leading-civil-rights-organizations-pen-open-letter-urging-congress-to-vote-down-protect-and-serve-act/">Leading Civil Rights Organizations Pen Open Letter Urging Congress to Vote Down “Protect and Serve Act”</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(d.addEventListener)e=!0;if(d.wp=d.wp||{},!d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){var r,a,i,s,n,o=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]');for(r=0;r<c.length;r++)c[r].style.display="none";for(r=0;r<o.length;r++)if(a=o[r],e.source===a.contentWindow){if(a.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;a.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),n=l.createElement("a"),s.href=a.getAttribute("src"),n.href=t.value,n.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===a)d.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),d.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;var e,t,r,a,i=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),s=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),n=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content");for(t=0;t<n.length;t++){if(!(r=n[t]).getAttribute("data-secret"))a=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),r.src+="#?secret="+a,r.setAttribute("data-secret",a);if(i||s)(e=r.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),r.parentNode.replaceChild(e,r)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://tminstituteldf.org/press/leading-civil-rights-organizations-pen-open-letter-urging-congress-to-vote-down-protect-and-serve-act/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Leading Civil Rights Organizations Pen Open Letter Urging Congress to Vote Down “Protect and Serve Act”” — The Thurgood Marshall Institute at LDF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>5/9/18 By: Ewan Palmer Source: Newsweek An open letter from the ACLU, Human Rights Watch, the Leadership Conference, and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, urges Senators to vote down the bill, arguing that it appears to be a political response to calls for “police accountability in the face of continued killings and assaults of […]