ACLU-MN Responds to DOJ’s Withdrawal from Consent Decree
On May 21, the Department of Justice announced that it will be asking the court to withdraw from the consent decree agreement it reached with the Minneapolis Police Department.
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St. Paul, Minn – The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota filed a brief, in a case that will be argued to the Minnesota Supreme Court, which challenges the constitutionality of Minnesota's law criminalizing refusal to submit to alcohol level tests.
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