For Immediate release: ArchCity Defenders Files New Challenge to Missouri’s Takeover of St. Louis Police
June 5, 2025 (St. Louis, MO) – St. Louis City residents Jamala Rogers and Mike Milton, represented by ArchCity Defenders, are challenging the constitutionality of Missouri’s legislative attempt to...
read moreFor Immediate release: St. Louis Agrees to Pay $4 Million to Individuals Detained in Hellish ‘Workhouse’ Jail
May 6, 2025 (St. Louis, MO) – After waging a seven-year legal opposition, attorneys for St. Louis City have agreed to settle with thousands of individuals exposed to harmful...
read moreFor Immediate release: Disabled cancer survivor and local activist sues St. Louis police
April 24, 2025 (St. Louis, MO) – Represented by ArchCity Defenders, Del-Rio Swink, an activist, cancer survivor, and woman with disabilities, is filing a civil rights lawsuit against St....
read moreFor Immediate release: ArchCity Defenders Celebrates 15-Years with Anniversary Showcase
October 4, 2024 (St. Louis, MO) – ArchCity Defenders is celebrating 15 years of service and action on Saturday, October 5, 2024, at the Saint Louis Science Center. ...
read moreFor Immediate release: Reflecting on a Decade of Reforms Post-Ferguson, ArchCity Defenders Urges Consolidation of St. Louis’ Municipal Courts
July 25, 2024 (St. Louis, MO) – As the ten-year anniversary of Mike Brown’s killing approaches, ArchCity Defenders (ACD) has released a white paper reflecting on reforms and litigation stemming...
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: Fatal State Violence Response Program Holds Angelversary Commemorating Five Years Since the Murder of Isaiah Hammett During a “No-Knock Raid”
June 7, 2022 (St. Louis, Mo.) On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, outside St. Louis City Hall at noon, the Fatal State Violence (FSV) Response Program and the Coalition Against...
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 moreACD Hosts CLE: Pro Bono Representation (Housing)
For the past year, courts closed and/or slowed evictions and they’ve backed up. Families owe more in back rent than ever before and the federal assistance programs are not...
read moreACD Hosts CLE: Pro Bono Representation (Housing)
For the past year, courts closed and/or slowed evictions and they’ve backed up. Families owe more in back rent than ever before and the federal assistance programs are not...
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