On behalf of Kennedy Kennedy & Ives | Apr 25, 2019 | Civil Rights
The salary gap between men and women in the U.S. remains a problem, despite some progress. According to Business Insider, the average American woman makes 80.7 cents for each dollar a man earns. New data also shows the gap is wider for older women in the U.S. All...
On behalf of Kennedy Kennedy & Ives | May 10, 2017 | Civil Rights, Police Accountability, Police Misconduct, Wrongful Death
The father of Jordan Edwards, the fifteen-year-old victim of a recent police shooting, filed suit this week in federal court alleging excessive force by Balch Springs police officer, Roy Oliver, and inadequate training and oversight by Oliver’s employers at the...
On behalf of Kennedy Kennedy & Ives | Apr 28, 2017 | Civil Rights, Laura Ives, Mary Hawkes, Police Accountability, Police Misconduct, Shannon Kennedy
KOB4 ran a story highlighting sworn statements by APD’s former records custodian manager Reynaldo Chavez. During a newly released deposition, Mr. Chavez disclosed that it is possible to alter APD lapel camera footage through the creation of an...
On behalf of Kennedy Kennedy & Ives | Mar 15, 2017 | Cases, Civil Rights, Laura Ives, Mary Hawkes, Media
The ABQ Journal has published an article in connection with the shooting of Mary S. Hawkes. In the article, Sgt. Norris confirms that police mishandled evidence, and that Mary’s constitutional rights were violated that night. Read more at the link...
On behalf of Kennedy Kennedy & Ives | Mar 15, 2017 | Children And Youth, Civil Rights, Educational, Joseph Kennedy, Laura Ives
Judge Gorsuch’s dissent in Kennedy Kennedy & Ives‘ case A.M. v. Holmes is being featured on SCOTUSblog as a part of a feature on the Supreme Court Nominee’s First Amendment Jurisprudence. Read more at the link...
On behalf of Kennedy Kennedy & Ives | Feb 6, 2017 | Cases, Children And Youth, Civil Rights, Educational, Joseph Kennedy
This firm today filed a petition to the United States Supreme Court in A.M. v. Acosta, a case in which a 13-year-old middle school student in Albuquerque, New Mexico was detained by police and transported in handcuffs to the juvenile detention center for burping...
On behalf of Kennedy Kennedy & Ives | Dec 1, 2016 | Civil Rights, DOJ, Police Accountability
Thanks to John Oliver for this snapshot of police accountability.
On behalf of Kennedy Kennedy & Ives | Jun 29, 2016 | Civil Rights, Culture, Media
Elon James White on what to do if you’re stopped by the police or an immigration officer. Thanks to our colleagues at the ACLU for producing this video.
On behalf of Kennedy Kennedy & Ives | Jun 15, 2016 | Civil Rights, Laura Ives, Prisons And Jails, Sexual Violence
“Bernalillo County has settled for a reported $680,000 in a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a woman inmate who was allegedly raped by then-Metropolitan Detention Center guard Andres Verdugo in June 2014, the Journal has learned.”Read the full article...
