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The ACLU-MN wants to make it clear that Daunte Wright should be alive today, and just like George Floyd and Philando Castile, Wright is one of the countless Black men who would still be with their families and communities had police simply issued a citation.
Police killed Daunte Wright, 20, during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center Sunday afternoon. Yet another Black life was taken by those sworn to protect, and we join the community in mourning Wright's loss.
The ACLU of Minnesota Monday asked the state Court of Appeals to act quickly to protect freedom of the press by granting the Daily Mail media credentials to cover the Derek Chauvin trial.
A judge just ruled that the ACLU of Minnesota’s lawsuit against MNDOC over its lax handling of COVID-19 can continue, and granted class action status.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, Gender Justice and Stinson LLP have won a $300,000 settlement and several reforms from the Anoka-Hennepin School District over its discrimination against a transgender student, Nick.
Following the murders of eight people – six of them Asian women – in Georgia last night, the ACLU of Minnesota has the following statement.
Statement from the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota Executive Director John Gordon: