Civil Rights Lawyers

Our declaration of independence starts with a bold and beautiful promise: “… all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” This promise is the very catalyst, which has transformed our Union from a conclave of colonial savagery into a dream-land. This promise has also turned our country into the most diversely beautiful and creatively powerful nation on earth. Never has such a diverse people been more reflective of—and connected to the rest of the world. We must celebrate this diversity—rather than penalize it out of sloth, greed, envy, arrogance, ignorance, bigotry and political expediency. Unfortunately, many Corporate Bullies, and Rogue Government Agents brazenly trample upon our Individual Civil Rights and Liberties. Together we can and must defend these sacred rights and have the wrongdoers punished to the fullest extent of the law. This is our moment to safeguard our Civil Rights and Liberties, Valiantly and Vigorously! If your civil rights & liberties have been violated in any way, you may have a valid legal claim for damages. An experienced Chosen Civil Rights Lawyer can evaluate your case. Chosen Lawyers are true believers of Human Equality, Freedom and Life with Dignity. For a Confidential Case Evaluation, please click or call Chosen Lawyers. The call is Confidential and Free; the Talk is Sound and Sincere; and the Fight will be absolutely Fierce. Civil Rights Attorneys

What is Police Brutality?

Law enforcement agents have voluntarily agreed to undertake the hard and dangerous task of serving and protecting the people. They have been trained and taken the oath of observing the mandates of our laws and Constitution, which entitle everyone, regardless of their color, creed, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or national origin to certain Civil Rights and Liberties. Police Brutality occurs when they use excessive or unnecessary force to deal with a human being. Although brutality and abuse are often physical, they can be psychological, verbal, or sexual. Racism or sexism are often the basis of Police Brutality cases. Although, anyone can become a victim regardless of their color, creed, age, race, religion, gender or national origin. While the majority of our law enforcement agents are law abiding human beings, who understand their important role in a civilized discourse, there are a few rogues, whose ignorance, indolence and callousness pummels their oath of office, and tears the very threads of human civilization. Here at Chosen Lawyers, we represent victims of police brutality, wrongful arrests, and unnecessary shootings, beatings, tasing and other forms of abuse. We are also ready to represent Prison Inmates, who are physically and/or sexually abused and assaulted by prison guards and staff. That is because a prison sentence is designed to take one’s freedom away, but not their civil rights and human dignity. Unfortunately, there are many incompetent, morally bankrupt prison guards and staff who assault and abuse their defenseless captives physically, emotionally and sexually. Our constitution and founders of this country mandated, in no uncertain terms, that our governments have no power except for that which is bestowed upon them by the people. Thus, governments must serve the people and not rule over them; must create opportunities, not strangle them; must nurture equality and justice for all, and not trample them. Chosen Civil Rights Lawyers are ready, willing and able to Protect Your Rights, The Right Way, Right Away.

RIGHTS OF INSTITUTIONALIZED PEOPLE

The Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA) was promulgated back in 1980. This law was devised to protect the rights of the people, who are under care of institutions, such as jails, prisons, juvenile correctional facilities, public nursing homes, mental health facilities and institutions for individuals with disabilities. This law does not create new rights. It only authorizes the Attorney General to enforce the law and intervene on behalf of institutionalized people whose rights may have been repressed or violated.

To qualify as a public institution, there are two requirements that must be satisfied:

1. An institution must be owned, operated or managed by or provide services on behalf of any state or political subdivision of the state.

2. An institution must be one of the five types of facilities described in the statute.

All this protection came into effect, because in March of 1972, a group of parents, volunteer organizations, and individual residents at a Mentally Retarded facility filed a federal lawsuit against the State of New York. Via this lawsuit, they demanded that the school conditions were hazardous to the health, safety and sanity of the residents. For instance, the residences were dirty, people didn’t have clean clothes to wear, the plumbing didn’t work, and there were not enough doctors, nurses and other needed staff to take care of them. The situation was so bad that the Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene in charge of the school described the institution as a “major tragedy.” After a grueling legal struggle that lasted 3 years, finally the parties involved in the lawsuit reached a settlement.