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Extrajudicial Killings
Police and prison violence in the United States kills over a thousand people each year. We seek accountability for extrajudicial police and prison killings.
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Pursuing one last avenue for justice after Michael Brown’s murder by Ferguson police
On August 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson. Michael’s murder and the subsequent failure to effectively investigate and prosecute the officer responsible for his death is, unfortunately, emblematic of widespread impunity for police violence in the U.S.—especially against Black people. By using international human rights standards to critique U.S. law and the Justice Department, this case is following an innovative, potentially extremely powerful route to reform.
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Howard Law School Thurgood Marshall Center Clinic
Our collaboration filed a petition before the IACHR on behalf of the family of Michael Brown, a Black teenager who was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
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