Eye on the Courts: Does Prop. 47 Slow DNA Collection of Those Accused of Felonies?
The Sacramento Bee yesterday published an editorial in which they argued that Prop. 47, which the Bee…
Should Police Officers Have Discretion in the Use of Body Worn Cameras?
By Jay Stanley In our October 2013 policy white paper on police body cameras, we struggled with…
Grand Juror in Ferguson Case Suing to Speak Out
A member of the Ferguson grand jury is suing St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch in an…
Racial Injustice and Broken Systems
By Abdi Soltani Families and communities across the nation are outraged, grieving, and taking to the streets….
Are Police Body Cameras the Way to Go to Protect Police and Citizens?
In the wake of Ferguson, we have had a nationwide discussion on issues focusing on police accountability…
Grand Jury Again Fails to Indict Officer in Death, This Time in a New York Chokehold Incident
In a moment that has become as sadly iconic as the hands up in the air from…
Sunday Commentary II: Why Drones Are Potentially a Threat to Privacy and Worse
In 2011 the ACLU in a report wrote, “Unmanned aircraft carrying cameras raise the prospect of a…
Is Local Government Spying on You? ACLU Offers Sobering Report
In the wake of the MRAP controversy in Davis, a report from the ACLU has found that…
Prop 47: Needed Reform or Does It Go Too Far?
Under Proposition 47, the state would reduce, to misdemeanors, offenses for drug possession, petty theft, receiving stolen…
My View: Appalling Lack of Sensitivity to Community Values with Police Vehicle
The timing of the disclosure could not have been worse from the city’s perspective and it is…
Police Militarization Comes to Davis
Even before the Ferguson incident, the issue of the militarization of American policing had come to the…
The Shooting of an Unarmed Black Man in Ferguson Has Wide-Ranging Implications
The official investigation will have to sort out the facts in the case in Missouri of shooting…
Detention Camps the Answer for Border Crisis?
By Carl Takei ACLU National Prison Project Seventy-two years ago, U.S. military officials labeled Japanese-Americans “an enemy…
Groups Attempt to Block Deportation Hearings without Representation
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California, along with the national ACLU, American Immigration Council,…
Eye on the Courts: When Should You Talk to the Police?
I have often advised people to simply not talk to the police without an attorney present. I…
Kids Caught At Border Deserve Due Process of Law
By Hector Villagra When Juan Pablo Guerrero Diaz left El Salvador to come to the U.S., his…
