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Civil Rights Groups Sue Governor Davis for Eliminating Key Racial Profiling Data Collection Provisions from State's Budget (11/01/2001)
SAN FRANCISCO--A coalition of rights groups, racial profiling victims and taxpayers filed a lawsuit today charging that Governor Davis exceeded his authority when he eliminated key racial profiling data collection requirements from this year's budget. 

ACLU Unveils New Ad in Campaign to End Racial Profiling in New Jersey (10/25/2001)
NEWARK, NJ -- In the latest phase of its campaign to bring attention to the ongoing problem of racial profiling in New Jersey, the American Civil Liberties Union today unveiled a new advertisement aimed at raising awareness of the problem and informing victims of their rights. The latest ACLU advertisement highlights a plaintiff in the New Jersey racial profiling case. (Click on the ad for larger version)

New Jersey's Victims of Racial Profiling Call for Justice and Closure 'Enough Already,' Say Advocate (10/10/2001)
NEWARK, NJ - - Victims of racial profiling came together in a news conference today to ask New Jersey to do right by those it has discriminated against and harassed. 

ACLU Takes Battle to End Racial Profiling to the Turnpike (10/04/2001)
NEWARK, NJ - - The American Civil Liberties Union and cooperating law firms today launched a paid media campaign in New Jersey -- including a highway billboard -- condemning the practice of racial profiling on the New Jersey Turnpike and urging victims of the practice to come forward to protect their rights. 

ACLU of Illinois Launches Hotline for Muslims And Arab-Americans Unfairly Targeted by Law Enforcemen (09/27/2001)
CHICAGO -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois today launched a hotline in response to concerns that Muslims and persons of Arab descent may be unfairly targeted for investigation by law enforcement officials investigating the September 11 terrorist attacks. The hotline number is for the reporting of such incidents if and when they occur.

ACLU of Illinois Launches Hotline for Muslims & Arab-Americans Unfairly Targeted by Law Enforcement (09/27/2001)
CHICAGO -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois today launched a hotline in response to concerns that Muslims and persons of Arab descent may be unfairly targeted for investigation by law enforcement officials investigating the September 11 terrorist attacks. The hotline number is for the reporting of such incidents if and when they occur.

ACLU of Southern California Establishes Hotline for Discrimination Complaints (09/20/2001)
LOS ANGELES - The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California announced today that broad, diverse coalitions at the national and local levels are emerging to advocate for a careful, balanced, and deliberative approach to questions of security and civil liberties and civil rights.

ACLU Calls for Investigation of Apparent Falsification of Race Data in Massachusetts Traffic Stop (09/04/2001)
BOSTON--Concerned that some police officers may be undermining efforts to report racial profiling, the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts today said that it has asked officials in the seaside town of Wellfleet to investigate the misreporting of the race and gender of an African-American woman who was cited for speeding. 

High-Profile Senate Hearing Highlights Dangers of Racial Profiling; ACLU Urges Congress to Pass Comprehensive Ban (08/01/2001)
WASHINGTON -- Only days after President Bush called racial profiling "wrong in America," the Senate today held a high-profile hearing on legislation that the American Civil Liberties Union said would deliver on the President's commitment and comprehensively ban racial profiling. 

ACLU Applauds Minority Law Enforcement Alliance Opposition to Racial Profiling (07/26/2001)
WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union applauded a resolution adopted this afternoon by the Alliance of National Minority Law Enforcement Associations that supports comprehensive legislation to counter racial profiling, a practice that the Alliance said is the "foremost criminal justice and civil rights problem presently facing the nation." 

ACLU Expresses Strong Support for Landmark Racial Profiling Bill, Calls it Best Chance Yet to End National Disgrace (06/06/2001)
WASHINGTON -- The American Civil Liberties Union today joined with a bipartisan group of lawmakers and law enforcement officials from across the country in pledging support for landmark legislation designed to do away with the national disgrace of racial profiling. 

ACLU of Michigan Applauds Introduction of Legislation to End Racial Profiling (05/31/2001)
DETROIT-- As the Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan and as vice-chair of Advocates and Leaders for Police and Community Trust, a coalition of civil rights organizations, national, state and local law enforcement agencies, and community organizations that has been meeting for over two years on this issue, I applaud the introduction of Representative Buzz Thomas' legislation that will hopefully be the beginning of the end of racial profiling. 

ACLU Racial Profiling Lawsuit in CA is Already Showing Results (05/29/2001)
LOS ANGELES--A federal class action lawsuit that charges that the California Highway Patrol uses racially biased patrolling standards is challenging fundamental drug war tactics in California, the Los Angeles Times reported.

ACLU of PA Renews Call for Passage of Legislation to Address Racial Profiling (05/29/2001)
PHILADELPHIA--The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania today renewed its call for the passage of legislation that would seriously address the problem of racial profiling. 

ACLU Applauds Congressional Black Caucus For Focus on Racial Profiling; Urges Congress to Act Quickly to End National Disgrace (05/22/2001)
WASHINGTON -- Testifying in a special hearing called by the Congressional Black Caucus on the national disgrace of racial profiling, the American Civil Liberties Union today urged Congress to quickly adopt new legislation that would comprehensively prohibit the practice. 

NYCLU Asks Supreme Court to Review Case in Which Police Targeted Entire Minority Community (05/21/2001)
NEW YORK--In a case raising important questions about racial profiling by law enforcement officials, the New York Civil Liberties Union has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a notorious 1992 police sweep of minorities in the upstate community of Oneonta.

Citing Continued Police Denial of Racial Profiling, ACLU Renews Call for Federal Traffic Stops Law (05/16/2001)
WASHINGTON--The American Civil Liberties Union today renewed its call for Congressional sponsorship of legislation to address the problem of racial profiling, saying that local police denial of the practice continues and that comprehensive federally mandated legislation is needed despite state efforts to address the problem. 

ACLU Files "Driving While Black" Lawsuit Against Rhode Island Police (05/15/2001)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island today filed a federal lawsuit against the Town of Westerly on behalf of Bernard Flowers, a 50-year-old African-American man who last September was illegally stopped in his car and suffered chest pains after being detained at gunpoint by town police. 

Oakland Police Department Announces Results of Racial Profiling Data Collection Program (05/11/2001)
SAN FRANCISCO -- The ACLU of Northern California today applauded the Oakland Police Department's data collection program, but expressed deep concern abut the results of the initial data collection efforts that shows that African Americans are 3.3 times as likely to be searched during a traffic stop as whites. The ACLU calls on the Oakland Police Department to ban consent searches and pretext stops that likely contribute to the discriminatory results.