ACD Mobilizes to Help Communities Harmed by Normandy
By: Angelo Vidal, Communications Fellow This Friday, August 26th marks a critical moment for tens of thousands of Black and poor St. Louis residents who have been extorted and...
read moreCourt rules thousands of people are now part of a class action lawsuit against Ferguson
June 10, 2022 On Thursday, June 9, 2022, the court granted class certification in Keilee Fant, et al. v. City of Ferguson, a lawsuit we filed in February 2015...
read moreFor Immediate Release: Waiting for Justice in Ferguson: Seven Years and Counting
February 8, 2022 The murder of Mike Brown and the Ferguson uprising exposed Ferguson’s practices of predatory policing, operating an extortionary municipal court, and illegally jailing impoverished people. Seven...
read moreFor Immediate Release: Elderly Black Veteran Killed by St. Louis City Police on a “No Knock” Warrant, Family Files Federal Lawsuit
June 30, 2021 On February 21, 2017, officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team, unlawfully stormed into the home of Don...
read moreSt. Louis American: City faces lawsuit alleging brutal treatment at CJC
By Dana Rieck Of The St. Louis American Jun 3, 2021 Excerpt: The stories of abuse at City Justice Center detailed in a newly filed lawsuit seem endless —...
read moreFor Immediate Release: Man with Disability Held at City Jail Secures Shower After 160 Days & Lawsuit
City Agreement Comes Shortly After Court Granted Temporary Restraining Order Against Jail March 26, 2021 Today in federal court, the City of St. Louis committed to doing the right...
read moreArchCity Defenders Files Lawsuit Against St. Clair County, Expanding Debtors’ Prison Litigation from St. Louis to Rural Missouri
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2020 Osceola, Mo. — ArchCity Defenders (ACD), a nonprofit law firm based in St. Louis filed a lawsuit in state court on behalf of...
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