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Jun 10, 2020
ACLU of Delaware Urges Officials to Go Further on Proposed Policing Reforms
This statement is attributable to Mike Brickner, Executive Director of the ACLU of Delaware.
“The ACLU of Delaware thanks the Delaware Legislative Black Caucus and Attorney Gener...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Jun 09, 2020
Amended Complaint Also Adds a New Plaintiff and Seeks Class Status to Represent Hundreds of Individual Demonstrators
WASHINGTON -- After news reports revealed that Federal Bureau of Prisons officers were among the law enforcement agencies who brutally attacked civil rights protestors in Lafayette...
Issue Areas:
Civil Liberties
Racial Justice
Jun 09, 2020
ACLU Calls on Hogsett to Reimagine Role of Police in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS - Following Mayor Hogsett’s announcement of IMPD’s use-of-force policy reform Friday, the ACLU of Indiana released the following statement urging Hogsett to commit...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Jun 08, 2020
voteOUT Campaign Rally to Reconnect LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirit South Dakotans and Allies with Power at Ballot Box
The Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
The ban on gay men and women from serving opening in the military was repealed.
And some states allow residents to choose ...
Jun 07, 2020
Civil Rights Organizations’ Statement on Lifting NYC Curfew
NEW YORK CITY - Early this morning, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that New York City’s curfew was lifted effective immediately. This change was preceded by a day of historic, pe...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Civil Liberties
Jun 05, 2020
ACLU of Alabama Calls on Cities to Address Police Excessive Use of Force
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- This week, as protests over police killings of Black people have continued in the wake of George Floyd’s and Breonna Taylor’s deaths, we have seen extensive...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
About the ACLU
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Congressional investments should reach the communities they were intended to serve. -
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