Press Releases
about Racial Justice
Jun 16, 2020
ACLU, Civil Rights Organizations Sue the Small Business Administration for Excluding Business Owners with Criminal Records from COVID-19 Relief Loans
BALTIMORE — Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Public Interest Law Center, and Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs filed a lawsu...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Jun 11, 2020
ACLU of Iowa Media Statement: Iowa Legislature Passes Police Reform Bill
ACLU of Iowa Executive Director Mark Stringer has issued a statement on the Iowa Legislature introducing, debating and unanimously approving a police reform bill today.
“This...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Jun 10, 2020
ACLU of Louisiana Plans Intensive Litigation Effort Against Racist Policing
Collaborative Effort Will Enlist Law Schools and Law Firms--Both Inside and Outside of Louisiana--to Unleash Wave of Lawsuits Challenging Racially Discriminatory Policing, Limit Qualified Immunity
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
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 Lafa...
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 ...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
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