Millions of drivers are pulled over every year for minor violations, which rarely make roads safer and instead lead to racial disparities, violence, and loss of trust in police, prompting the ACLU to work to restore people’s rights on the road by limiting or ending traffic stops for issues unrelated to road safety.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The San Francisco Public Defender’s Office this week filed an amicus brief supporting…
NORTHAMPTON, MASS – Despite fewer numbers of police encounters in 2022, Prison Policy Initiative said nearly 50…
One year after Tyre Nichols’s killing by police, Tennessee has rolled back reforms aimed at decreasing traffic…
By Rena Abdusalam TOPEKA, KS – The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas is urging a federal…
By The Vanguard MONROE, LA – A white Lousiana state trooper was found not guilty by a…
By Ximena Cesa Also see: Annual CA Attorney General Report Reveals – Among Other Statistics – Nearly…
By Sam McCann Police killed Philando Castile in July 2016 after pulling him over for driving with…
By Robert J. Hansen California is moving a bill through the legislature that would prohibit police from…
By Kimberly Torres ATLANTA, GA – Three Black leaders offer their solution to decrease police brutality against…
In their book, Suspect Citizens, Frank Baumgartner and his colleagues looked at a massive amount of police…
By Ayal Aglugub SAN FRANCISCO, CA – San Francisco Standard writer Michael Barba recently wrote about the…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – What did the actions by the council mean…
By Rory Fleming Since the killing of George Floyd, a glass ceiling on mainstream police reform discourse…
By David M. Greenwald San Francisco, CA – In a sweeping policy proposal, the San Francisco Public…
By Kritika Singh BERKELEY — In February the city of Berkeley made legislative history when its officials…
In two weeks, I will have been doing this stuff for ten years – which is a…
(From ACLU Press Release) – With a growing chorus of voices demanding systemic police reform, California is…