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Oral Arguments in Black Lives Matter D.C. Case Seeking to Hold Federal Officials Financially Accountable for 2020 Attack on Protestors

“What’s at stake in this appeal is a question testing our nation’s commitment to the rule of law: whether civil rights demonstrators, brutally attacked by federal officers without provocation across the street from the White House, can sue to vindicate their constitutional rights."

April 3, 2023

ACLU-D.C. Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Demonstrator Injured by Military Helicopter Used to Intimidate Racial Justice Protesters

The ACLU-D.C. filed a complaint on behalf of Dzhuliya Dashtamirova, a 25-year-old woman who suffered injuries caused by low-flying military helicopters that assaulted racial justice protestors on June 1, 2020, in downtown D.C.

March 14, 2023

ACLU-D.C. Statement on President Biden's Signaling to Overturn Local D.C. Criminal Code Law

President Biden's support to overturn the Revised Criminal Code Act undermines D.C.'s fight for statehood and maintaining home rule.

March 2, 2023

ACLU-D.C. statement on the McPherson encampment eviction

As a tenant in a building bordering McPherson Square and a community organization that protects civil rights and civil liberties, ACLU-D.C. joins our unhoused neighbors and advocates to condemn Mayor Bowser and the National Park Service’s decision to evict people from McPherson Square on February 15

February 15, 2023

St. Elizabeths Hospital Settles Case with Patients Who Endured Life Threatening Conditions During Water Crisis and COVID-19

“This settlement will help ensure that the government meets its constitutional obligation to provide a safe environment for the patients of St. Elizabeths.”

February 14, 2023

ACLU-D.C. urges Congress to respect the District’s autonomy and revised criminal code

We strongly urge Congress to respect the District of Columbia’s decision to pass the Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA), and to vote no on any resolution or rider that undermines the ability of District residents to make our laws and manage our tax dollars.

February 7, 2023