Press Releases
about Criminal Law Reform
May 21, 2020
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Oklahoma Statement on Norman Police Officer Racist Actions
OKLAHOMA CITY - In response to the Norman Police Department internally investigating an officer who sent a racist image and reference in an email to the entire department, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Criminal Law Reform
May 15, 2020
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Colorado Sues Colorado Springs Police, Charges Racial Profiling and Biased Policing
DENVER - In a lawsuit filed in federal court today, ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Colorado charged that three Colorado Springs police officers, with their employer’s blessing, engaged in racial profil...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
May 15, 2020
NYCLU Letter to Mayor and Commissioner Shea on Racial Disparities in COVID Enforcement
NEW YORK - Today the New York Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea to address the NYPD’s enforcement of social distancing...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
May 08, 2020
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Sues to Protect People Incarcerated in a Private Prison From COVID-19
Lawsuit Seeks Class-Action Relief for People Detained in Federal Custody in Arizona
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Prisoners' Rights
May 08, 2020
NYCLU Statement on Rochester Police Accountability Board Disciplinary Powers
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Yesterday the newly formed Rochester Police Accountability Board was stripped of its disciplinary powers through a decision issued in state Supreme Court. In resp...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
May 05, 2020
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Georgia, National ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Demand Transparency and Accountability in Killing Of Unarmed Black Jogger Ahmaud Arbery
ATLANTA – The following is a statement from Andrea Young, Executive Director for the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Georgia (ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û-GA) regarding the recent reporting of an unar...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
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