Press Releases
about Racial Justice
Jul 16, 2021
NYCLU to NYSDOT: Tear Down I-81’s Structural Racism
SYRACUSE – Today, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) released its I-81 Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for public review.
In response, the New Y...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Jun 02, 2021
Spokane Family Demands Equitable Changes After Two Black Middle School Students Were Asked to Clean Cotton for Social Studies Lesson
SPOKANE, Wash. — A family in Spokane is demanding that a school administrator be removed after he suggested he could “segregate” two Black middle school students who were dir...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Apr 28, 2021
ACLU Statement on FDA Menthol Cigarette Ban
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration appears to be moving forward with a plan to ban menthol cigarettes this week — a step that has been years in the making.
Aamra Ahm...
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Apr 14, 2021
ACLU of Minnesota Sues to Stop Attack on Journalists Covering Daunte Wright Protests
The ACLU of Minnesota filed a motion in federal court Wednesday for a temporary restraining order to stop law enforcement from attacking and harassing reporters covering the Daunte...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Racial Justice
Apr 12, 2021
ACLU Statement on Police Shooting of Daunte Wright
NEW YORK — On Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn Center, Minn., Daunte Wright was the victim of another disgusting act of police violence. The 20-year-old was shot and killed by Brookl...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
Apr 11, 2021
ACLU of Minnesota Statement on Police Killing of Daunte Wright
Police killed Daunte Wright, 20, during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center Sunday afternoon. Yet another Black life was taken by those sworn to protect, and we join the community in...
Issue Areas:
Criminal Law Reform
Racial Justice
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