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…
By Emilio De Torre Last night in the Sherman Park area, Milwaukee police officers in riot gear…
by Peter Bibring and Catherine Wagner Earlier this month, a too familiar tragedy unfolded in East Los Angeles when…
If signed, SB 443 would establish some of the strongest property protections in the country (From Press…
By Carl Takei In a bluntly-worded memo issued last week, the U.S. Department of Justice directed the…
By David W. Brown The police shooting and killing of an unarmed Black teenager named Michael Brown…
When I Was a Kid in Sherman Park, There Were Problems With Police. Now It Feels Like…
Davis Police Chief Darren Pytel spent over two hours presenting to the Yolo County ACLU last night…
California Poised to Pass Momentous Civil Asset Forfeiture Reforms SB 443 establishes stricter standards to protect innocent,…
By Carl Takei On Thursday the U.S. Department of Justice inspector general released a scathing report on…
By Robin Shulman One day last fall, Niya Kenny was sitting in her math class at Spring…
(from Press Release) – On August 4, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit…
By Matthew Segal Something is missing from the debate over police reform. Though police killings of black…
By Mike Brickner Attorney Andrea Burton didn’t walk into a local Youngstown courtroom with a large banner…
By Kanya Bennett This week, we continued to mourn the loss of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and…
By Irene Rojas-Carroll This week, Fresno police released the body camera footage of the shooting of Dylan…
by Jana Kooren Philando Castile should still be alive. Mr. Phil (as he was known at school)…
By Jason D. Williamson Last summer, in the wake of the arrest and tragic death of Sandra…
Here we go again. When 37-year-old Alton Sterling, a black man, was shot and killed by officers…
By Leslie Fulbright and Charlie Fredrick Update: Several SF Pride Grand Marshals and awardees, including Janetta Johnson, Black…
by Margaret Dooley-Sammuli California voters will be asked to legalize marijuana in November – and we couldn’t…