The ACLU-MN won a federal appeal for Myriam, a young woman who was unlawfully detained in Anoka County and forced to wait while the jail contacted ICE. Jails who unlawfully hold people for ICE are committing false imprisonment.
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WASHINGTON — The following statement was issued by American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony Romero in response to reporting of a leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade:
The ACLU-MN responds to a new report that shows the city of Minneapolis and its police department “engage in a pattern or practice of race discrimination in violation of the Minnesota Human Rights Act."
Today’s decision not to charge MPD Officer Hanneman with killing Amir Locke on the basis that an “objectively reasonable officer” could believe that such use of force was necessary is troubling and highlights the need to change a state law too often used to justify failures to charge or convict p