TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 1, 2020

The National Bar Association has established a Police Misconduct and Justice Task Force following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody last week. The task force will investigate police misconduct cases; support victims, lawyers, communities, and coalition partners; and develop recommendations for structural and institutional change. The bar association also has called for increasing the charges against the police officer who pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck and the arrest and charging of other police officers involved in the incident. The group also has launched a social media campaign using the hashtags #LETUSLIVE and #NBAKYR to focus on African Americans' encounters with the police. Read more about that effort here.