October - 2020

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Oct 30, 2020

NYPD Changes Policy of Forcing Muslim Women to Remove Hijab During Arrest Processing

Attorneys from the leading civil rights firm Beldock Levine and Hoffman LLP, teamed up with distinguished civil rights firm The Aboushi...

Oct 30, 2020

BLH Files Lawsuit for Huwe Burton, Wrongfully Convicted for the Murder of His Mother

On October 28, 2020, BLH filed suit in federal court on behalf of Huwe Burton, exonerated in January 2019 after serving nearly 20 years...

BLH, Ben Crump Law, the People's Law Office File Historic Lawsuit Against the Government on behalf of Malcolm X and his Daughters

New York, NY - Today, BLH joins Ben Crump Law and the People's Law Office in filing a historic lawsuit against the government on behalf...

UNDISCIPLINED, UNPUNISHED - Summary of the Report on the NYPD’s Disciplinary System

On September 23, 2024, the Hon. Analisa Torres, a federal court judge in the NYPD stop-and-frisk cases, published an unprecedented and...

Suit Filed Against Donald Trump by the “Central Park Five” Over False Statements at Presidential Debate

October 21, 2024 PHILADELPHIA, PA – The “Central Park Five” or “Exonerated Five” – the five individuals who were officially exonerated...

DOJ Files Statement of Interest in BLH Challenge to City's Use of Police as First Responders to Mental Health Crises

New York, NY – October 4, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a Statement of Interest in a lawsuit filed by New York...