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Our hearts are heavy at the harrowing scenes of Afghan allies and refugees seeking to flee their homeland as the Taliban tightens its grip on the country. Leaving everything they have behind, some 400,000 Afghans have been forced from their homes since the beginning of the year.
The ACLU-DC filed a lawsuit on behalf of two photojournalists against the District of Columbia and 8 D.C. Metropolitan Police Department officers for unleashing chemical irritants and stun grenades one month after the D.C. Council instilled a ban on the use of these weapons during demonstrations.
Groups that sued the Trump administration over Title 42 expulsions of asylum seekers are heading back to court after hitting an impasse in negotiations with the Biden administration to end the policy. They are seeking an immediate halt to the policy, which restricts immigration at the border.
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board will consider a rule change that would ban riders from Metro if arrested for certain crimes while using Metro. The ACLU-DC urges the WMATA board to reject this proposal.
"The seat of our democracy must never be walled off from its own citizens seeking to exercise their First Amendment rights, or the residents of the District who had no voice in the matter."
“Today’s ruling essentially gives the federal government a green light to use violence, including lethal force against demonstrators, as long as federal officials claim to be protecting national security."