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Let freedom ring!
We conduct seminars and workshops to teach people about their legal rights, and when and how to assert those rights. Knowledge is the best and most effective means toward positive social change. Education is the answer. Read More + -
I think, therefore I am...
The need for people to understand, appreciate, and assert their constitutional rights grows increasingly more urgent as these rights are being eroded from the fabric of our society each and every day. Fortunately, these trends are neither inevitable nor irreversible. Read More + -
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Our podcast on pat downs and the "plain feel" doctrine. Give a listen. You just might learn something.... Read More +
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What you need to know about stop-and-frisk law (Terry v. Ohio), investigatory… Read More +
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When do I have to show ID?
This is a tricky issue. The simple answer is that citizens who… Read More +
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Up against the wall, motherf-----! When can the police frisk you? What reason do they need? Is it OK for them to empty your pockets or ask you what's in them? Smoove goes through the constitutional limitations on…Read More +
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Racial profiling is a serious problem, made worse by a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing police to get away with it. Smoove tells the tale of his mandatory police ride-along with a cowboy cop who somehow managed…Read More +
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In Redding v. Safford Unified School District, a federal case out of Arizona, a 13-year-old girl was interrogated and strip searched on flimsy evidence as part of the War on Advil in our middle schools! Huh?... Yeah. There…Read More +
Welcome to KnowMyRights.org
Know My Rights™ is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote social change through civil rights and other legal education.
Ignorance of our criminal law is never an excuse, and ignorance of civil procedures can prove itself very costly.
Too many people possess neither the knowledge nor the means to assert their legal rights properly. Unfortunately, what our laws were supposed to be, what they are, and how they're actually enforced are sometimes three very different things. It is our sincere hope that by educating people about these facts of law and life, and how some situations play themselves out in the real world, that they will be better equipped to properly assert themselves and their legal rights when necessary.
I know my rights!
Do you know yours?
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Know My Rights is a 501(c)(3) community-based educational nonprofit organization. Since 2007, we have worked to combat injustices and disparities in our nation's institutions of criminal and civil law by educating the public about their basic legal rights and responsibilities. To achieve our goals, we have developed and implemented the most comprehensive yet simple to understand legal education program anywhere.
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