Legal Help for Victims of Police Abuse
Through FDLA’s Civil Rights Legal Aid Program and Not-for-Profit Lawyer Referral Service,
FDLA attorneys represent victims of police abuse, meanwhile our Help not Jail hotline connects those whose civil rights have been violated by the police with legal partners who can help.
Have you experienced abuse by the Chicago Police Department?
Call 1-800-LAW-REP4
In addition to FDLA’s Enforce Your Rights program, providing legal information and resources for when your civil rights have been violated, our hotline is now connecting callers who have experience police abuse by the CPD to our legal partners for possible legal aid. This newest component of our Help Not Jail program, referred to as our Not-for-Profit Lawyer Referral Service, provides direct connections to pro bono legal aid for victims of police abuse in potentially building a case for justice. If you or someone you know has experienced police abuse by the Chicago Police Department, call our Help Not Jail hotline to be connected to an operator who can gather your information and refer you to a legal partner within our network who may be able to help.
"The Civil Rights Legal Aid Program is life changing. I've been through a lot with this, and having this team was a great relief. Now I can go everywhere I want to go and I'm thankful. Hopefully it will prevent others from going through what I went through."
— Chicagoan Darren Cole,
who was wrongfully detained 60 times in 15 years by CPD on a warrant bearing another man's name before attorneys from FDLA's Civil Rights Legal Aid Program and co-counsel at Northwestern Law's Community Justice and Civil Rights Clinic forced the city to notify every officer in the city at roll call and on their in-car computers to not detain Mr. Cole on this mistaken warrant.
