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May 08, 2024
May 08, 2024
Interim Agreement Reached for Arab Student Union in Pro-Palestinian Speech Censorship Case at D.C. High School
The Arab Student Union (ASU) at Jackson-Reed High School withdrew its request for emergency court action this morning in exchange for key concessions by the school in the case of challenging the unlawful censorship of the student club's pro-Palestinian speech.
Jul 06, 2023
Jul 06, 2023
Lawsuit Challenges Unequal Response to Mental Health Emergencies in Washington, DC
We’re representing Bread for the City in a federal lawsuit challenging the District’s practice of sending police to mental health emergencies instead of mental health professionals.
Jun 23, 2023
Jun 23, 2023
COURT OF APPEALS DENIES CONSTITUTIONAL CLAIMS AGAINST FEDERAL OFFICIALS FOR POLICE ATTACK ON CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATORS NEAR WHITE HOUSE
The Court is blocking us from holding federal officials responsible for attacking me and other demonstrators when we exercised our right to protest police brutality and racism.
Mar 02, 2023
Mar 02, 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.
Oct 07, 2022
Oct 07, 2022
ACLU-D.C. Responds to Executive Order Pardoning People with Federal and D.C. Convictions for Simple Marijuana Possession
"The President's announcement is a victory for fairness, racial justice, and redemption in the District. Thousands persecuted for marijuana possession will get a second chance and not continue to face the consequences for behavior that is now legal in the District of Columbia."
May 05, 2022
May 05, 2022
ACLU-DC Comment on Proposed Increase in MTPD Officers on Patrol
“Making the Metro safer means increasing accessibility, reliability, and affordability of our transit system for everyone in the DMV...Increasing police would undermine our goal of transit safety."
Apr 20, 2022
Apr 20, 2022
Civil Rights Groups Push for Appeal to Hold Federal Officials Financially Accountable for Attack on Black Lives Matter Demonstrators Near White House
Request Follows Court’s Dismissal of Claims for 2020 Tear-Gassing and Beating of Demonstrators
Apr 13, 2022
Apr 13, 2022
In Partial Settlement of Civil Rights Suits on Behalf of Demonstrators Attacked at Lafayette Square by Trump Administration, Federal Government Agrees to Change Demonstration Policing Policies
Military-Grade Weapons Were Used Against Black Lives Matter Protesters Without Warning in June 2020
Mar 09, 2022
Mar 09, 2022
Victory: Federal Court Holds D.C. Law Allowing Broad Category of Warrantless Searches of People Unconstitutional
Court also rules that claim challenging the sexually invasive manner of a 2019 search may proceed
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