For Immediate Release: ArchCity Defenders Files Class-Action Lawsuit Against Calverton Park Alleging Illegal Towing Scheme
St. Louis, Mo. – October 24, 2023 Last night, ArchCity Defenders filed a class-action lawsuit against the City of Calverton Park alleging the city has violated residents’ constitutional rights...
read moreFor Immediate Release: Over 35,000 People Eligible to Claim Settlement Money from Debtors’ Prison Lawsuit Against St. Ann
St. Louis, Mo. – October 18, 2023 After seven years of litigation in the debtors’ prison lawsuit, Thomas, et al. v. City of St. Ann, the federal court has...
read moreMedia Advisory: People’s Plan Coalition Asks the St. Louis Community for Input on Policy Priorities at Town Hall Event
St. Louis, Mo – October 11, 2023 What: People’s Plan Town Hall Registration for the event may be done online here. Who: The People’s Plan is a comprehensive policy...
read more10 Songs to Listen to on Your Way to Protest
Protest in Pop Culture, Part 1: Streaming the Revolution By Makayla Gathers September 11, 2023 “Freedom songs serve to give unity to a movement.” – Martin Luther King, Jr....
read moreFor Immediate Release: Video Footage and Reports Released in Lawsuit Expose Inhumane Treatment of People Detained at St. Louis City Jail
St. Louis, Mo. – July 28, 2023 Last night, in federal court, plaintiffs in a putative class action lawsuit, Jones v. City of St. Louis, filed a motion containing...
read moreFor Immediate Release: ArchCity Defenders Files Class-Action Lawsuit Against Fountain Apartment Homes, LLC, for Unlawfully Bulk-Filing Evictions
St. Louis, Mo. – June 14, 2023 ArchCity Defenders has filed a lawsuit and a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Fountains Apartment Homes (FAH) LLC, the most recent owners...
read moreMedia Advisory: As the Eviction Crisis Escalates, St. Louis Tenants Rally for the Right to Counsel
St. Louis, Mo – May 31, 2023 As the Eviction Crisis Escalates, St. Louis Tenants Rally for the Right to Counsel In the face of an escalating eviction crisis and dried-up rental...
read moreMedia Advisory: Upcoming Art Exhibition Honors Stories of Women Whose Loved Ones Have been Killed by Police and Died in Jail
January 13, 2023 Upcoming Art Exhibition Honors Stories of Women Whose Loved Ones Have been Killed by Police and Died in Jail For years, St. Louis has made...
read moreFor immediate release: Court of Appeals Finds St. Louis County Police Department’s “Wanteds” Policy Constitutionally “Fraught”; Majority of Arrests Under Policy Likely Violate Fourth Amendment, Attorneys Say
Lawyers Vow to Continue to Pursue Invalidation of Widespread Unconstitutional Use of Wanteds November 2, 2022 St. Louis, MO – Yesterday, the federal Court of Appeals for the Eighth...
read moreFor Immediate Release: ArchCity Defenders, ACLU of Missouri Sue the Department of Corrections for Illegally Withholding Records on Man’s Death
October 26, 2022 Jefferson City – Today, ArchCity Defenders and the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri filed a lawsuit against the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) for knowingly...
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