Bio
Carl Takei is a former senior staff attorney at the ACLU’s Trone Center for Justice and Equality. He litigated police practices; advanced the ACLU’s affirmative vision for reducing the role, power, presence and responsibilities of police in U.S. communities; and coordinated policing-related litigation and advocacy across multiple ACLU projects and centers.
Previously, Carl was a staff attorney at the ACLU National Prison Project, where he worked on prison privatization, immigration detention, and the intersection between the federal criminal justice system and immigration enforcement. He has also served as a staff attorney/Tony Dunn Foundation law fellow at the ACLU of the Nation’s Capital and as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Paul Barbadoro in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Carl holds a J.D., magna cum laude, from Boston College Law School and an A.B. from Brown University.
Featured work
![A screenshot of the Black Lives Matter banner on the Amazon homepage](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2021/05/Web21-Amazon_Blog-Wordpress-1110x740-1-400x266.jpg)
May 19, 2021
When We Fight, We Win: Victories in the Fight Against Face Surveillance Keep Piling Up
![Demonstrators clashed with Federal and Portland police at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility after a march in solidarity with ICE detainees](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/10/Black-Mourners-Header-Image-400x266.jpg)
Oct 22, 2020
When Black Mourners are Threatened with Official Violence
![Protests turned violent on Saturday, May 30 as thousands of demonstrators marched along LA streets](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/06/Policing-of-Protests-Header-Image-400x266.jpg)
Jun 3, 2020
The Response to Protests Against Police Brutality is Not More Brutality
![Two Seattle police officers wearing N95 masks.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/04/WEB20-Seattle-Police-COVID-19-WordPress-1110x740-1-400x266.jpg)
Apr 7, 2020
Police are Enforcing Public Health Orders, but that Doesn't Make them Public Health Experts
![Mahamed Noor](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-mohamednoor-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
May 3, 2019
What Officer Noor's Conviction Says About Racism in America
![April Pipkins hold a picture of her son, EJ Bradford](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-ejbradford-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Feb 26, 2019
What Does Alabama’s Attorney General Have to Hide in the Police Killing of EJ Bradford?
![Smith College Lawn](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web19-smithcollegelawn-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Jan 30, 2019
Smith College Overhauls Policing Practices After Black Student Racially Profiled
![Gun in holster](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-gun-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Dec 5, 2018
Does the Second Amendment Protect Only White Gun Owners?
![Jeff Sessions at a podium](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-jeffsessionspodium-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Nov 9, 2018
Before Resigning, Jeff Sessions Handcuffed the Justice Department’s Ability to Police the Police