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…
Black Lives Matter in Our Courtrooms Too
By Mike Brickner Attorney Andrea Burton didn’t walk into a local Youngstown courtroom with a large banner…
Six National Police Reform Bills Congress Must Pass
By Kanya Bennett This week, we continued to mourn the loss of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, and…
The Fight for Justice and Police Reform from Louisiana to California
By Irene Rojas-Carroll This week, Fresno police released the body camera footage of the shooting of Dylan…
Philando Castile Should Still Be Alive
by Jana Kooren Philando Castile should still be alive. Mr. Phil (as he was known at school)…
Pulled Over by the Police While Legally Armed
By Jason D. Williamson Last summer, in the wake of the arrest and tragic death of Sandra…
Another Killing, of a Black Man in Louisiana, Captured on Video, Spawns Anger and Protests
Here we go again. When 37-year-old Alton Sterling, a black man, was shot and killed by officers…
Cops in the Club: SFPD’s Racism and Bigotry Don’t Mix with SF Pride
By Leslie Fulbright and Charlie Fredrick Update: Several SF Pride Grand Marshals and awardees, including Janetta Johnson, Black…
It’s Time for California to Legalize Marijuana
by Margaret Dooley-Sammuli California voters will be asked to legalize marijuana in November – and we couldn’t…