Laura Pitter
@Laurapitter
Deputy Director of the US Program at @HRW, former public defender, focusing on criminal and racial justice. Views are my own.
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https://www.hrw.org/about/people/laura-pitter 15-07-2009 17:35:22
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The work done to document NYPD misconduct that led up to this settlement began w a project undertaken in collaboration with Human Rights Watch Ida Sawyer Julie Ciccolini and Jon Nealon to document NYPD tactics deployed in Mott Haven.
VIDEO: Texas' cruelty towards migrants a human rights travesty. End all US federal funding and collaboration.
And, #EndOperationLoneStar
As the lead lawyer in the case Gideon Orion Oliver said: “We can’t let the police count this win for protesters as just another cost of doing business, as they have so many times in the past.” theintercept.com/2023/07/20/nyp…
State officials in Texas should stop meddling with the human right to vote in Harris County, Texas -- where state's largest Black population lives. #LetTexasVote #racialjustice hrw.org/news/2023/07/1…