The ACLU and the Policing Project at NYU School of Law released a report concluding that the US' current approach to traffic safety has failed to reduce roadway deaths, while imposing significant financial and human costs on communities, and offering new policy recommendations to lawmakers.
Advocates are raising alarm over a recently passed bill in the Louisiana House of Representatives that they say would criminalize homelessness and impose punitive measures on unhoused people, potentially creating exploitative labor conditions and a two-tiered justice system.
Kimberlee Williams was wrongly jailed for six months after Maryland police relied on faulty facial recognition software that falsely identified her as the perpetrator of a bank robbery, according to an ACLU report.
The Davis City Council is holding a public workshop to review the proposed Willowgrove development, which would bring 1,250 housing units, including 250 deed-restricted affordable apartments, along with parks, open space, transportation improvements and neighborhood-serving retail.