How Memphis Police Created an Undercover Operation to Spy on Black Lives Matter Activists
A federal judge has ruled that the Memphis Police Department’s 2-year undercover operation violated a 1978 agreement against spying on protesters.
Trump to Migrant Parents Whose Children Were Taken at the Border: Let the ACLU Find Your Family
Despite the fact that the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance policy” is the reason that migrant parents were forcibly separated from their children at the border, the Department of Justice doesn’t believe that they should be responsible for reuniting the families they tore apart.
Amazon’s Face Recognition Disproportionately Matched Congressional Members of Color With Mugshots
Twenty-eight members of Congress, including six members of the Congressional Black Caucus, were falsely identified as suspects charged with a crime on Amazon’s facial recognition technology, according to a test conducted by the American Civil Liberties Union.
Chrissy Teigen Wishes Trump a Happy Birthday in a Way That’ll Turn the Orange Menace Red
Chrissy Teigen, everyone’s favorite Twitter troll, is causing more chatter on the site, but this time for a cause.
Trump Administration Is Detaining an American Citizen in Iraq, Denying Him a Lawyer: Report
An unnamed American citizen is being detained in Iraq as an “enemy combatant,” and although the man has requested an attorney, the U.S. government is denying him his right to one, authorities say.
While the NFL Is Losing Viewership, Colin Kaepernick Is Living His Best Life
On Sunday, free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick was honored at the ACLU of Southern California’s annual Bill of Rights Dinner, where he accepted the Eason Monroe Courageous Advocate Award to a standing ovation.
ACLU Files Suit Against New Orleans DA for Using Fake Subpoenas to Coerce Victims and Witnesses in Criminal Cases
The national American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Louisiana and the Civil Rights Corps filed a lawsuit against Orleans Parish, La., District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro and 10 of his assistant district attorneys over their use of fake subpoenas to coerce victims and witnesses in criminal cases to come in and be…
ACLU Sues DC Police, Claims Officers Wrongfully Arrested Protesters During Trump’s Inauguration
The American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia has filed a lawsuit against the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department, claiming that officers wrongfully arrested innocent protesters during President Donald Trump’s inauguration back in January.
ACLU Makes the Case for Giving Formerly Incarcerated a Fair Chance at Employment
One in 3 American adults—70 million in total—have a criminal record, making it difficult for them to re-enter their communities, find gainful employment, build stability and find success after incarceration. A report from the American Civil Liberties Union highlights the benefit to all that comes when companies give…
The Pretrial Profit System: How Corporations Make Billions Arresting Poor Blacks
In 2008, 18-year-old Demorrea Tarver was out with some friends when he was stopped by the police. Officers found a handgun in the handbag of a minor who was riding with Tarver (Tarver said he didn’t know about the gun) and a small amount of marijuana. The cops arrested Tarver and charged him with three counts of…
Lawsuit: Miss. Sheriff’s Department Illegally Targeted Black Population for Decades
Betty Tucker had invited a few guests over for a cookout in the garden of her Canton, Miss., home when two plainclothes sheriff’s deputies walked into her home. Even though they didn’t have a warrant, they came in, checked her pockets and the pockets of her guests, searched her patio on their hands and knees, and then…
American Civil Liberties Union Responds to Trump’s New Mass-Deportation Instructions
On Tuesday the Trump administration revealed its new guidelines for the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants in the United States and at the border, allowing federal authorities to take a more aggressive stance on illegal immigration, prompting a swift response from the American Civil Liberties Union.
ACLU of Oregon Recommends Changes to Portland Police Protest Policy
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon sent a letter to the Portland Police Bureau on Wednesday addressing concerns about the bureau’s current crowd-control policies when responding to protests.
ACLU: Tech Firms Need to Help Lobby for Surveillance Reform in Light of Trump Presidency
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking tech companies to help push for surveillance reform in the U.S., warning that there is an added urgency now that newly elected President Donald Trump has demonstrated that he is hostile to the privacy of foreign travelers.
ACLU Speaks Out Against Trump’s Executive Orders That Address Nonexistent Issues
The American Civil Liberties Union has issued a statement speaking out against the executive orders signed by President Donald Trump Thursday, specifically the order designated to create a task force to address violent crime in the nation and the order to create a task force to address violence against police…
50 ACLU Affiliates File Demands for Documents on Implementation of Trump’s Muslim Ban
Fifty affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union filed 18 coordinated Freedom of Information Act requests Thursday with local U.S. Customs and Border Protection offices in an effort to expose how Trump-administration officials are interpreting and executing the president’s Muslim ban at international airports…
ACLU Receives $24,100,000 in Donations the Same Weekend as Trump’s Muslim Ban
The American people appear to be signaling that they will not be divided or sit quietly as President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily barring entry to refugees and citizens of seven majority Muslim countries goes into effect.
#NoDAPL: ACLU Asks DOJ to Investigate Law-Enforcement Response to Protesters
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday asking for an investigation into possible violations of constitutional rights and federal laws by law enforcement responding to peaceful #NoDAPL protesters in North…
Facial-Recognition Technology Affects African Americans More Often
A Georgetown University think tank and the American Civil Liberties Union, along with 52 other civil liberties organizations, are urging the U.S. Department of Justice to look into the way federal, state and local law-enforcement agencies use face-recognition technology, which they say is having a “disparate impact on…
Report: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Helped Police Track Minorities in Ferguson and Baltimore
A social media surveillance program used by police to track and monitor protests in Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore relied heavily on data it obtained from social media platforms Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, according to a report released by the ACLU on Tuesday.
