Justice 101: Policing in America: Navigating the 4th Amendment, Stop and Frisk, and Civil Rights

Date 

Add to My Calendar Monday, May 13, 2024 1:00pm to 1:45pm

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Join the Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site on Monday, May 13, 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. ET for a free, virtual program featuring Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director Vince Warren and Professor David Rudovsky. 

This program examines the intersections of the 4th Amendment, stop-and-frisk practices, and the protection of civil rights, fostering a nuanced understanding of the challenges and opportunities when confronting contemporary policing. 

Learn more about Justice 101, a new series by the Center for Justice Education at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site.

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White background. A circular headshot of David Rudovsky (he/him) Speaker.David Rudovsky is one of the nation’s leading civil rights and criminal defense attorneys, practices public interest law with the firm of Kairy’s, Rudovsky, Messing, Feinberg, & Lin, LLP. He became a Senior Fellow at Penn University’s Carey Law School in 1988 and teaches courses in Criminal Law, Constitutional Criminal Procedure, and Evidence. He is co-author of Police Misconduct: Law and Litigation and The Law of Arrest, Search, and Seizure in Pennsylvania. A circular headshot of Vincent Warren (he/him), Speaker.Vincent Warren is a leading expert on racial injustice and discriminatory policing and is the executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. He oversees the organization’s groundbreaking litigation and advocacy work. Under his leadership, the Center for Constitutional Rights successfully challenged the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy and profiling of Muslims, ended long-term solitary confinement in California’s Pelican Bay Prison, and established the persecution of LGBTQIA people as a crime against humanity.

 

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May 1, 2024

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