ArchCity Defenders and SLU Law Sue St. Louis City for Warehousing the Homeless in Uninhabitable Makeshift Shelter
March 31, 2017 City Plans to Relocate Approximately 150 Men to Forestry Division’s “Weed Control” Building St. Louis, Mo. (March 31) – ArchCity Defenders and Saint Louis University School...
read moreArchCity Defenders Cautions Sessions’s Visit with Law Enforcement in St. Louis
March 31, 2017 Attorney General Jeff Sessions threatens to destroy the reform efforts championed by his predecessor and create an environment in which police and courts can once again...
read moreArchCity Defenders and SLU Law Legal Clinic Challenge the City’s Inadequate Response to Homelessness
March 31, 2017 Earlier today, ArchCity Defenders and Saint Louis University School of Law Legal Clinic filed a major lawsuit to establish the City’s responsibility to its homeless residents...
read moreArchCity Defenders Denounces Excessive Fines and Fees as a Manifestation of Systemic Racism in the Criminal Legal System at U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Advisory Committee
March 15, 2017 The Nevada Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission Civil Rights invited ArchCity Defenders’ Executive Director and co-founder Thomas B. Harvey to testify about the disparate impact...
read moreStatement Following the Released Investigation Report into Tyler Gebhard’s Death
February 23, 2017 ArchCity Defenders statement following the released investigation report into Tyler Gebhard’s death: “How inappropriate is it for the news media to get the documents and information...
read moreEveryone Here at ArchCity Defenders Recommits to Our Work
January 20, 2017 A NOTE FROM THOMAS HARVEY, CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ARCHCITY DEFENDERS: Friends and Supporters of ArchCity Defenders, We want you to know the team here at...
read moreTogether, We Can End Debtors’ Prisons
August 23, 2016 Justice should never be based on how much money you can pay, but cities all across America overpolice low income communities of color and make a...
read moreA Letter to the Unified Command on the Rights of Protesters
November 24, 2014 Via Facsimile and Email Sam Dotson, Chief of Police City of St. Louis 1915 Olive Street St. Louis, MO 63103 Jon Belmar, Chief of Police St....
read moreArchCity Defenders, SLU Law and Equal Justice Under Law Reach Agreement with Jennings: End of Cash Bail, Reform of Municipal Courts
September 7, 2015 We’re excited to announce a proposed settlement agreement with the City of Jennings. The City of Jennings took the lead in helping us reach this agreement...
read moreCash Bail Ends in St. Ann: ArchCity Defenders Enters into Settlement with the City of St. Ann
September 4, 2015 ArchCity Defenders won another major victory today against alleged unconstitutional practices in the St. Louis region’s courts. While the agreement is with the City of St....
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