Press Releases

If you are a member of the media, please contact Rachel Fergus, Communications Associate at rfergus@aclu-mn.org. Join our press release list by sending your name, media outlet, email address and phone number to rfergus@aclu-mn.org with the subject line “Press Release List.”

ACLU-MN, Nelson Mullins Firm Sue on Behalf of Man Wrongfully Arrested, Detained

When two men carjacked someone, robbed a group of women at the Mall of America a day later, and used the women’s cards to buy items at Walmart, Kylese Perryman was nowhere nearby. Police arrested the innocent man anyway and failed to do a basic investigation that would have cleared him. We sued.

Appeals Court Upholds Verdict Against Anoka County for False Imprisonment

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday upheld a lower-court ruling that Anoka County’s policy of contacting ICE about every foreign-born person the county jailed was a “classic example of national-origin discrimination.”
Court Cases: Parada v. Anoka County

ACLU-MN RESPONDS TO POLICE KILLING OF DAUNTE WRIGHT

Police killed Daunte Wright, 20, during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center Sunday afternoon. Yet another Black life was taken by those sworn to protect, and we join the community in mourning Wright's loss.

Black People Five Times More Likely to Get Arrested for Marijuana in Minnesota

The American Civil Liberties Union released a new report today that shows Black people are 5.4 times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana possession in Minnesota, despite comparable usage rates.