Press Releases
about Criminal Law Reform
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 09, 2020
ACLU of Georgia Urges Athens-Clarke County to Pass Proposal to Re-Envision Public Safety
ATLANTA – The ACLU of Georgia sent a letter to the Athens-Clarke Mayor and Commissioners supporting the budget proposal that Commissioners Parker and Denson put forward, the bes...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Jun 09, 2020
NYCLU Statement on Expected Passage of 50-A Repeal
NEW YORK - Today the New York Legislature is voting to fully repeal New York Civil Rights Law Section 50-a, which kept the disciplinary records of police officers hidden from the p...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Jun 08, 2020
ACLU Statement on Introduction of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020
WASHINGTON — House and Senate Democrats introduced today a sweeping new police reform bill that would allow use of force only as a last resort, ban chokeholds, prohibit racial an...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
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
May 29, 2020
ACLU Statement on Trump Tweet Directing the National Guard to Murder Protesters in Minneapolis
NEW YORK – President Trump announced on Twitter early this morning his intention to send the National Guard to Minneapolis, Minn. in response to protests over the recent killing ...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Criminal Law Reform
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