APD Forward Press Conference Following DOJ Announcement

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CONTACT: 212-549-2666, media@aclu.org

ALBUQUERQUE, NM—Today, the APD Forward coalition will hold a press conference at Civic Plaza at 3:00 PM following the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) announcement at 1:30. Representatives from APD Forward will respond to the anticipated announcement that the DOJ and the City of Albuquerque have reached a settlement regarding a consent decree, the court-enforceable agreement that will regulate the Albuquerque Police Department’s reform process in the upcoming years.

WHAT: APD Forward Response to DOJ Announcement

WHEN: Friday, October 31, 2014 – 3:00 PM

WHERE: Civic Plaza stage area, Albuquerque, NM

PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS:

• Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless
• American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico
• Common Cause New Mexico
• Disability Rights New Mexico
• El Centro de Igualdad y Derechos
• Episcopal Diocese of the Rio Grande
• Equality New Mexico
• La Mesa Presbyterian Church
• League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico
• National Association of Social Workers – New Mexico Chapter
• Native American Voters Alliance
• New Mexico Conference of Churches
• New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• Street Safe New Mexico
• Strong Families New Mexico
• Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico
• YWCA of New Mexico

Individual partners:

• Fabrizio Bertoletti – former Police Oversight Task Force member
• Kenneth Ellis II – father of Kenneth Ellis III
• Michael Gomez – father of Alan Gomez
• Stephen Torres – father of Christopher Torres