The ACLU of Minnesota understands and supports the need to protect public health, while also preserving and defending our precious civil liberties. We are monitoring this and any forthcoming orders and enforcement related to COVID-19 for potential civil liberties violations.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota Tuesday afternoon released a letter urging officials to take creative and thoughtful action in responding to the Coronavirus crisis to avoid exacerbating long-standing race-based and wealth-based inequalities in our state.

An 11-year-old girl was hit and killed by a stray bullet in 2002. Police focused on Myon Burrell, who was 16. He was sentenced to life in prison. But an investigation into Burrell’s case by the Associated Press and American Public Media found new evidence that has cast deep doubt on his conviction.