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.”

Jan 06, 2021

ACLU STATEMENT ON VIOLENCE AT THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING

In response to the violence at the U.S. Capitol building, delaying the certification of the Electoral College tally, ACLU leaders issued the following statements:
Jan 05, 2021

ACLU-MN Settles Lawsuit Against Saint Paul for Withholding Public Police Records 

​​​​​​​The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota has reached a settlement with the City of Saint Paul over our lawsuit to get public data that officials had improperly withheld for more than 18 months. 
Issue Areas: Police Practices
Dec 15, 2020

ACLU-MN Applauds Myon Burrell's Sentence Commutation, Urges Pardon

The ACLU of Minnesota applauds the Minnesota Board of Pardons’ decision to commute Myon Burrell’s sentence and to immediately release him from prison, and we urge the board to grant him a full pardon.
Dec 09, 2020

ACLU-MN Sues Federal Women's Prison over Handling of COVID-19

Waseca prison Warden M. Starr and Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Michael Carvajal are refusing to release medically vulnerable people and failing to provide adequate health care or sanitation, according to the lawsuit by the ACLU of Minnesota and Ballard Spahr LLP.
Issue Areas: Prisoner Rights
Nov 03, 2020

ACLU-MN Mobilizes to Protect Voting Rights, Election Results

The ACLU of Minnesota is taking concerted action today to protect voting rights and ensure every vote is counted, and to reassure Minnesotans that delayed results are not a cause for alarm. 
Issue Areas: Voting Rights