Racial Justice & Police Misconduct Clinic
Our Staff
Nickeia Hunter
Co-Founder & Community Director
Nickeia Hunter is a fierce advocate, unwavering in her fight for the rights of the voiceless and victims of injustice. Her activism is not just a role—it's a personal mission born from tragedy. In 2019, her brother, Carlos Hunter, was murdered by Vancouver police in Clark County, WA. What was meant to destroy her instead ignited an unstoppable force within her. Nickeia has channeled her pain into a relentless pursuit of justice, vowing that the change she fights for will be felt for generations, ensuring that her grandchildren’s grandchildren will live in a more just world.
As the co-founder, board member, and treasurer of the Washington Coalition for Police Accountability, as well as the co-founder of the Clark County Justice Group, Nickeia is at the forefront of the fight against systemic police violence. She doesn't just speak for the people—she stands with them, ensuring that their voices are heard and their rights protected. Her leadership reaches beyond grassroots organizing, as she also serves on multiple boards, including the ACLU-WA, and was appointed by Governor Jay Inslee as a Commissioner for the Criminal Justice Training Center, where she oversees the training of all law enforcement officers in Washington state.
Nickeia’s commitment to the people is undeniable—whether as Chair of the Legal Redress Committee and Vice President of NAACP 1139-B, or as a Special Representative Organizer for the Western States Regional Council of Carpenters, representing 90,000 workers across 12 states. She fights on all fronts, from battling civil rights violations and exposing soft policing to confronting tax fraud and wage theft. Nickeia’s activism is driven by an unshakeable belief that the fight for justice must be relentless, and she works tirelessly to ensure the community is empowered, protected, and uplifted.
Caitlin Skurky
Co-Founder & Legal Director
Caitlin Skurky (they/them) is the Co-Founder and Legal Director of the Racial Justice & Police Misconduct Clinic (RJPMC). In their work as Legal Director, Caitlin utilizes their legal knowledge to assess cases and direct placement, when appropriate, with a qualified participating attorney. As Legal Director, Caitlin also ensures RJPMC’s non-legal services are tailored to provide survivors with the kind of information and documentation attorneys often require before accepting a case. Caitlin does not provide legal advice or legal representation in their role as Legal Director.
Before co-founding RJPMC, Caitlin founded the Police Misconduct Clinic where they worked as an attorney for two years fighting for BIPOC survivors of civil rights violations at the hands of police, educational institutions, medical institutions, and government agencies. Caitlin has a background in trauma-informed services, anti-racism, and abolition, and has been the recipient of numerous awards for their work in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Caitlin believes in abolitionist interventions that focus on transformative justice and circumvent insidious forms of ‘soft policing’ imbedded into social services, medical services, housing services, and education (to name a few). Caitlin is dedicated to a wholistic view of systemic violence and oppression against living communities and has been published in leading law reviews on the topics of animal law, environmental law, and Indigenous rights.
Caitlin attended Lewis & Clark Law School, where they served as Editor in Chief of a law review and graduated second in their class with numerous honors and awards, including the Cornelius Honor Society Award, the Pro Bono Honors Award, the Animal Law Achievement Award, and the Award for Leadership on Diversity Initiatives. Prior to law school, Caitlin was a social worker providing supportive services for commercially sexually exploited children and children in therapeutic foster care. During this time, Caitlin first became familiar with the concept of ‘soft policing’ and looks back on their time in social work with a critical lens.
Outside of RJPMC, Caitlin works as an attorney at Kneupper & Covey PC, where they maintain a caseload of consumer protection and civil rights cases. Kneupper & Covey is one of RJPMC’s many participating law firms, thus Caitlin routinely accepts RJPMC referrals in their capacity as a Kneupper & Covey attorney. Caitlin has consistently obtained favorable outcomes for every RJPMC client.