Fall 2020 Project Spotlight:

Hundreds of Attorneys Participate in Project to Assist Protesters

 

New Yorkers throughout the city took to the streets this Summer to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement and to protest police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis . Thousands of protesters were arrested by the New York City Police Department, and many hundreds have shared with Legal Aid their experience with police misconduct and brutality while participating in these peaceful protests. Read more.