Decriminalize Personal Drug Use and Possession
By Tess Borden Police arrest more people for drug possession than any other crime in America. Every…
Court Finds Running is Reasonable Response to Police Harassment and Racial Profiling
By Jeffery Robinson In 2004, University of Virginia football player Marquis Weeks returned a kickoff 100 yards…
Governor Signs Historic Bill to Rein in Asset Forfeiture Abuse
SB 443 protects vulnerable Californians from having police permanently take and keep their property without a conviction…
Governor Signs Bill That Will Prevent Wrongful Convictions
In a move that could be a game-changer for many wrongfully convicted individuals, on Wednesday Governor Jerry…
Competing Measures for the Death Penalty on Collision Course
A recent survey from the Field Poll and IGA (Improper Governmental Activity) at UC Berkeley found that…
California is One Signature Away From Reining in Policing for Profit
by Mica Doctoroff and Kanya Bennett It may come as a surprise, but throughout the country, police…
State of Emergency with Peaceful Oil Pipeline Protesters
by Jennifer Cook When Native American tribes joined forces to peacefully protest an oil pipeline, the governor…
FCC Needs to Stop Secret Discriminatory Stingray Surveillance
by Nathan Freed Wessler For years, state and local police departments across the country have been using…
What Happens When Milwaukee Police Forcibly Arrest a State Rep and an ACLU Organizer?
By Emilio De Torre Last night in the Sherman Park area, Milwaukee police officers in riot gear…
When Police Body Cameras Aren’t the Answer
by Peter Bibring and Catherine Wagner Earlier this month, a too familiar tragedy unfolded in East Los Angeles when…
Bill to Reduce Asset Forfeiture Arrives on Governor’s Desk
If signed, SB 443 would establish some of the strongest property protections in the country (From Press…
DOJ Calls For End of Private-Prison Contracts; ICE Must Do the Same
By Carl Takei In a bluntly-worded memo issued last week, the U.S. Department of Justice directed the…
Bad Laws Produce Bad Law Enforcement
By David W. Brown The police shooting and killing of an unarmed Black teenager named Michael Brown…
Milwaukee Feels Like a Police State
When I Was a Kid in Sherman Park, There Were Problems With Police. Now It Feels Like…
Davis Police Chief on Policing and Treatment of People of Color
Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel spent over two hours presenting to the Yolo County ACLU last night…
Pair of Reform Bills Pass California Legislature
California Poised to Pass Momentous Civil Asset Forfeiture Reforms SB 443 establishes stricter standards to protect innocent,…
Ending For-Profit Prisons
By Carl Takei On Thursday the U.S. Department of Justice inspector general released a scathing report on…
ACLU Lawsuit in SC Case Where Girl Was Thrown By Officer
By Robin Shulman One day last fall, Niya Kenny was sitting in her math class at Spring…
Court Strikes Down Mandatory Detention for Immigrants in California
(from Press Release) – On August 4, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit…
Police Reform Must Be Bolstered by Legal Action
By Matthew Segal Something is missing from the debate over police reform. Though police killings of black…
