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May 22, 2021

New ACLU Report Finds Debt-Based Driver’s License Suspension Laws Impose Harm and Waste Resources

Debt-based license suspensions make violent police confrontations more likely, throw drivers into a cycle of poverty, and don’t improve debt repayment rates.
Debt-based license suspensions make violent police confrontations more likely, throw drivers into a cycle of poverty, and don’t improve debt repayment rates.
Long rows of chairs with people sitting inside the busy waiting room area of a DMV office.
Long rows of chairs with people sitting inside the busy waiting room area of a DMV office.
May 12, 2021

It’s Past Time to End the Federal Militarization of Police

Our new report documents the critical need to repeal 1033, which allows the federal government to equip local police with military gear.
Our new report documents the critical need to repeal 1033, which allows the federal government to equip local police with military gear.
Police use a water cannon to drench opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline during a standoff in freezing temperatures on Backwater Bridge near the pipeline route on November 20, 2016. Cannon Ball, North Dakota
Police use a water cannon to drench opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline during a standoff in freezing temperatures on Backwater Bridge near the pipeline route on November 20, 2016. Cannon Ball, North Dakota
Apr 25, 2021

Police Must Not Create Digital Dossiers of Data from our Phones and Computers

Courts are starting to scrutinize free-wheeling searches of the libraries’ worth of private information stored on our electronic devices.
Courts are starting to scrutinize free-wheeling searches of the libraries’ worth of private information stored on our electronic devices.
Hand holding smartphone
Hand holding smartphone
Apr 22, 2021

Derek Chauvin Verdict Means Accountability, Not Justice

The rare conviction of a police officer may offer relief to George Floyd's family and community, but the system that permitted his murder still stands.
The rare conviction of a police officer may offer relief to George Floyd's family and community, but the system that permitted his murder still stands.
Demonstrators carry signs demanding justice for George Floyd.
Demonstrators carry signs demanding justice for George Floyd.
Apr 22, 2021

Derek Chauvin Verdict Means Accountability, Not Justice

The rare conviction of a police officer may offer relief to George Floyd's family and community, but the system that permitted his murder still stands.
The rare conviction of a police officer may offer relief to George Floyd's family and community, but the system that permitted his murder still stands.
Demonstrators carry signs demanding justice for George Floyd.
Demonstrators carry signs demanding justice for George Floyd.
Apr 16, 2021

Daunte Wright Should Never Have Been Stopped

On At Liberty, Paige Fernandez and Somil Trivedi respond to Daunte Wright’s death.
On At Liberty, Paige Fernandez and Somil Trivedi respond to Daunte Wright’s death.
Protestors demonstrate in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota after the shooting death of Daunte Wright.
Protestors demonstrate in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota after the shooting death of Daunte Wright.