People in Jail Deserve Effective Drug Treatment, not Forced Withdrawal
By Amy Roe Nearly 30 years ago, when he was 18 years old, Sy Eubanks had surgery…
In Denial on the Family Separation Issue
By Jenny Samuels In an interview with the LA Times published early Monday morning, U.S. Customs and…
California, Say Her Name
By Novella Coleman As stories of state violence against Black men and boys occupy many of the…
ICE’s Military-Style Raid Leaves Immigrant Communities Terrorized
By Veronica Isabel Dahlberg At 7 a.m. on June 5, a man walked into Corso’s Garden Center…
DOJ Spins on Family Separation
By Jenny Samuels In an interview on Tuesday morning with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Attorney General…
Bond Hearings in Suit by Bay Area Residents Stuck in Immigration Detention
(From Press Release) – A federal judge this week granted a preliminary injunction in a class action…
Masterpiece Supreme Court Decision: The Bakery Wins the Battle but Loses the War
By James Esseks In the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled for a bakery that…
The House Could Soon Give Jeff Sessions $50 Million to Wage the War on Drugs
By Kanya Bennett While the House was busy passing the divisive “empty gesture” known as the Protect and Serve…
CBP Fails to Discredit Report on Abuse of Immigrant Kids
By Mitra Ebadolahi Last week, the ACLU’s Border Litigation Project and University of Chicago Law’s International Human…
Senate Approves Bill to Establish Safeguards before Law Enforcement Can Acquire New Surveillance Technology
SB 1186 will require local elected officials’ approval before law enforcement acquires surveillance technologies like drones, social…
Police Misconduct and Wrongful Conviction Bills Advance
California Senate Advances “Right to Know” Police Transparency Legislation with Bipartisan Support SB 1421 will open California…
Sessions Wants Police to Use Stop and Frisk without Reasonable Suspicion
By Jeffery Robinson Attorney General Jeff Sessions has claimed that the settlement of a lawsuit brought by…
Advocates Applaud Advancement of Bill to Open Police Misconduct Records in California
(From Press Release) – Today, the California Senate Appropriations Committee advanced legislation to open law enforcement misconduct…
Congress Wants More Protections for Cops While Ignoring Police Reform
By Kanya Bennett An “empty gesture” — that is the term that Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Democrat from…
Prosecutors Hid Evidence of Corey Williams’ Innocence in Pursuit of a Death Sentence
By Anna Arceneaux In 2000, Corey Williams, a Black teenager with an intellectual disability, was tried and…
Meet the “Poster Children” for Bail Reform
Bail Reform Advocates Unveil Website Highlighting Repeated Abuses by Agents of California’s Out-of-Control Money Bail Industry (From…
In Its Zeal to Deport Immigrants, the Justice Department Scraps Due Process
By Cecilia Wang In the past month, the Department of Justice has issued a series of stunningly…
Public Safety Committee Pushes Police Transparency and Accountability Legislation Forward
Back in 2006, the California Supreme Court in Copley Press v. Superior Court held that records of…
How California Can Reduce the Number of Police Shootings
By Peter Bibring Police in California have a problem with deadly force. Last year, police shot and…
ACLU of Northern California Calls on State to Allow Full Press Access to Executions
First Amendment Guarantees Right to View Entire Procedure (From Press Release) – The American Civil Liberties Union…