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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:
People injured by police while peacefully protesting George Floyd’s murder will get their day in court. A federal judge ruled that the ACLU-MN's lawsuit filed on the protesters’ behalf can continue.
The ACLU of Minnesota opposes proposed Ordinance 21-6, which seeks to prohibit possession of certain items, and change other rules governing parades, races and public assemblies. As written, the ordinance will chill free speech and suppress public demonstration.
As the state and the city of Minneapolis plan for the trial of Derek Chauvin, the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota expects public officials and law enforcement to make space for protest and to ensure that protest rights are respected.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota and its partner, the POSTME (Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology and Military Equipment) Coalition, have released an open letter today calling on the Minneapolis City Council to pass the Facial Recognition Ordinance.
In the first virtual federal jury trial in Minnesota, a jury Thursday found that Anoka County and its sheriff falsely imprisoned a young woman by slow-walking her booking and following an unwritten and unconstitutional policy of contacting ICE about people born outside the U.S.