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February 17, 2023
The Feb. 9 encounter unfolded while officers were investigating a report of a firearm near the Durango High School campus.
August 19, 2022
The ACLU and others question the negative impact facial recognition technology Black people and communities of color. 
May 5, 2022
Kanautica Zayre-Brown's lawsuit claims the North Carolina prison system's treatment of her has worsened her gender dysphoria.
January 18, 2022
Four inmates say the Washington County Detention Center and its doctor gave them the drug to treat COVID-19 without their…
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October 21, 2021
The ACLU of Hawaii is calling on local officials to make policy changes after a 10-year-old Black girl was arrested…
June 8, 2021
The Biden admin. said that it has identified more than 3,900 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border…
Trump's family separation policy thegrio.com
February 25, 2021
Lawyers have worked to bring the families together for the past month however some parents have been deported.
February 11, 2021
The ACLU's fight to protect the constitutional rights of all Americans embarks on a strategy to address the country's systemic…
February 1, 2021
Deborah Archer has become the first Black person in the 101-year history of the American Civil Liberties Union to be…
Mauree Turner thegrio.com
November 4, 2020
Mauree Turner has made history as the first Muslim person elected to the Oklahoma state legislature after defeating Republican Kelly…
Sacramento sheriff Scott Jones thegrio.com
February 1, 2019
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit claiming that Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones blocked Black Lives Matter leaders…
San francisco gay pride parade thegrio.com
October 27, 2018
A federal judge has ruled that the Memphis Police Department violated a 1978 consent decree by spying on members of…
ACLU sues San Francisco theegrio.com
October 5, 2018
The American Civil Liberties Union‏ is suing the city of San Francisco for specifically targeting Black people for arrest and…
March 24, 2015
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police officers initiated stop, question and frisk encounters at a much higher rate last summer than…
July 1, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday struck down Michigan's ban on the consideration of race and gender…
June 21, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A court-appointed monitor will oversee the use of "stop and frisk" searches by city police...
May 9, 2011
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Newark has long been one of the most violent and poorest cities in New Jersey...