Stop Criminalizing Poverty

The system of fines and fees to collect revenue for local governments is broken. It’s time for us to let our governments know our demand: No more taxation through citation.

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Defending Speech We Hate

The record demonstrates the ACLU’s unwavering commitment to First Amendment rights for all.

A sign reading FREE SPEECH is held aloft by person protesting immigration laws banning some Muslims at Battery Park in Manhattan in 2017 in New York City

ACLU-MN Sues Minneapolis, MPD on behalf of MNCOGI Over Policy that Hides Police Misconduct

The city of Minneapolis and its police department are willfully subverting our state’s Government Data Practices Act by withholding public data about disciplinary action taken against police for serious misconduct, according to a new lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Minnesota on behalf of MNCOGI.

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The Tulsa Race Massacre and the Violence of Forgetting

A horrific act of racism-fueled mob violence took place 100 years ago. Why don't more people know about it?

Two people explaining a sign that reads "the 1921 Tulsa Massacre" commemorating the original Black Wall Street

The People, Not the Police, Should Decide If and How Surveillance Technologies Are Used In Their Communities

Dayton and Detroit just passed CCOPS’ 20th and 21st laws nationwide — a milestone for surveillance tech transparency and empowering communities.

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The Movement to End Police Violence 1-Year after George Floyd’s Murder

One year ago today, George Floyd was brutally murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin sparking the largest protests in American history. What has changed in the year since Floyd’s murder and that uprising?

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Remembering George Floyd: The Roots of Violence Against Black Americans and Why We Must Face Police Misconduct

By Albert Turner Goins

Albert Turner Goins

Honor George Floyd: Take Action

Tomorrow marks exactly one year since Minneapolis police murdered George Floyd. The whole world bore witness.

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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.

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