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Dec 18, 2020
NYCLU on Mayor de Blasio's Selective Middle and High School Admissions Reforms
NEW YORK — Mayor de Blasio today announced changes to New York City's admissions for selective middle and high schools. In response, the New York Civil Liberties Union issued the...
Issue Areas: Racial Justice
Dec 04, 2020
Man Seized for ‘Latino Appearance’ Will Not be Deported
Court Finds that Immigration Officials Unlawfully Arrested Man at Bus Stop
Issue Areas: Immigrants' Rights Racial Justice
Nov 18, 2020
Civil Rights Groups Decry Downplaying of Racial Disparities in Police Traffic Stops and Searches
Frustrated by the release of annual reports that minimize racial profiling patterns shown by police traffic stop and search data, three civil rights groups have issued a letter opp...
Issue Areas: Racial Justice Criminal Law Reform
Oct 29, 2020
New Poll Shows Connecticut Voters in Three Key Cities Support Reallocating Money from Policing into Other Public Services
Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven voters support moving money from policing budgets into other services, using non-police responses to issues related to public health
Issue Areas: Racial Justice
Oct 29, 2020
ACLU Demands Immediate Divestment from Philadelphia Police Department in the Wake of Walter Wallace, Jr. Killing
PHILADELPHIA — In the wake of the killing of Walter Wallace, Jr., the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, in collaboration with the national ACLU, today demanded that...
Issue Areas: Racial Justice Criminal Law Reform
Oct 29, 2020
ACLU-WV Releases 2020 Police Misconduct Report
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) has released its 2020 Police Misconduct Report, which sheds light on a lack of transparency amon...
Issue Areas: Racial Justice Criminal Law Reform
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