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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 23, 2022
Mar 23, 2022
D.C. Jail Agrees To Improve Transgender Housing Policies To Settle Lawsuit of Trans Woman Housed in Men’s Unit
“No one should face what I had to face at the D.C. Jail. DOC put my safety and mental health at risk, and I’m glad that other trans people at the Jail will be treated with more dignity."
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
Feb 03, 2022
Feb 03, 2022
ACLU-DC Statement on the Metropolitan Police Department Watchlist
“MPD’s blacklist practice is part of a broader pattern of resistance to transparency and public accountability."
Issue Areas:
Criminal Justice Reform
Jan 31, 2022
Jan 11, 2022
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